Bayard Printing - Design for Digital

Unspecified trapping where black text appears on a lighter background can produce a halo. Scan line art such as logos, type or illustrations at a minimum of 600 dpi, up to 1200, to capture sharp edges. Then straighten it, clean it and scale it down to 600 dpi at final size. To trap or not to trap? The Kodak NexPress digital production color press offers excellent registration, both front to back and color to color. The RIP can perform autotrapping of all files and can be set up to overprint all black elements. To ensure the best quality for your document, turn off any trapping commands in the page layout program. There are, however, some instances where certain types of trapping can enhance your design for production. When black text or line art appears on a light tint, sometimes a slight halo effect will appear at the edges of the black. One way to correct this is to set your black to overprint the specified tint within the layout application. By doing so, the black will not knock out the background tint and this will minimize the halo effect. If you decide to do your own trapping, please be sure to alert your printer! Line art scanned at 600 dpi to 1200, straightened and then saved for 600 dpi at final size. Line art scanned at lower resolutions may not be crisp enough to take advantage of the high-quality capabilities of digital printing. Specified trapping with the same art set to overprint black on the red background eliminates the halo. Achieving the best printing results Designing for Success 9