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Adobe InDesign - Spot color Gets white Background near by the Transparent image.

Expert: InDesign Pro - 10/29/2009

Question
Hi., Am getting problem in spot color printing which has the image near by the spot color includes Transparency effect (Drop shadow)? Am using Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Indesign CS3. I have attached the PDF (Problem.pdf) for Your reference.

Answer
Hi Ramesh, thanks for the question.

Yes, spot colour printing will cause trouble with transparency. There are a couple ways that might help, but it's a tricky situation.

First, if you are using transparency, I would guess you're printing CMYK as well as spot. If you don't need to print the spot, simply convert it to a process mix and that will solve the problem.

Second, what you might try is instead of using Paper colour beside a spot colour, use a one-percent of the spot colour. This way, the transparency isn't try to go from a spot to a CMYK mix, but from a spot to a light spot.

Hope these help! Good luck!

Scott

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