InDesign

Prepare your document for color separations

  1. Correct any color problems in your artwork.
  2. Set overprint options.
  3. Create trapping instructions to compensate for misregistration on press.
  4. Preview color separations on your screen.
    Note: Steps 1–4 are recommended but not required in producing color separations.
  5. Choose File > Print to display the Print dialog box.
  6. If you’ve created a printer preset with the appropriate separation settings, select it in the Printer Presets menu at the top of the Print dialog box.
  7. Choose a printer or PostScript file in the Printer menu.
  8. If you’re printing to a PostScript file, choose the PPD for the device that will output the separations.
  9. To view or change existing print options, click a section name on the left side of the Print dialog box.
  10. Before you deliver your document to a service provider, proof the separations.
  11. Print or save separations.