Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 399

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 389 User Guide Printing color separations When working with CMYK images or images with spot colors, you can print each color channel as a separate page. Note: If you are printing an image from another application and want to print spot channels to spot color plates, you must first save the file in DCS 2.0 format. DCS 2.0 preserves spot channels and is supported by applications such as Adobe PageMaker and QuarkXPress. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format (Photoshop)" on page 359.) To print separations from Photoshop: 1 Choose File > Print Options. 2 Select Show More Options, and choose Color Management from the pop-up menu. 3 Choose Separations from the Profile pop-up menu. Note: Depending on the designated printer and print drivers on your computer, these options may also appear in the Print dialog box. 4 Click Print. Separations are printed for each of the colors in the image. To prepare an image with spot channels for printing from another application: 1 In the General Preferences dialog box, select Short Pantone Names. (This step is not necessary if you are exporting to Adobe Illustrator 7.0 or later, or Adobe PageMaker 6.5 or later.) 2 If the image is a duotone, convert to Multichannel color mode. 3 Save the image in DCS 2.0 format. Be sure to deselect the Include Halftone Screen and the Include Transfer Function options. (See "Saving files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format (Photoshop)" on page 359.) 4 Open or import the image in the application you will be printing from, and set your screen angles. Make sure that you've communicated to the printer the spot color you want for each of the color plates.