Article ID: 179253
Article Last Modified on 6/12/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179253
SYMPTOMS
If you create spot color separations from a publication that has two-color
gradient fills, those gradients are reduced to a single color gradient
when the color separations are printed. For example, if you are using red
and blue as your two spot colors, and you have a gradient fill that goes
from red to blue, the gradient will be printed on the red plate, not the
blue plate, when you print the color separations.
CAUSE
Publisher does not provide a different halftone screen angle for each
color plate. Because this feature is necessary to correctly separate
two-color gradients, Publisher reduces two-color gradients to a single
color.
RESOLUTION
If your publication requires a two-color gradient, you should consider
printing it on a digital color printer instead of a printing press.
STATUS
This feature is under review and will be considered for inclusion in a
future release. Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes
in functionality and product design.
MORE INFORMATION
When you use a printing press, you achieve the effect of lighter and
darker colors by a process called halftoning. A halftone is a pattern of
dots that make a region of ink look lighter than the ink color.
When you print a color separated print job on a printing press, each sheet
of paper goes through the printing press three times (or through three
different printing presses). Each pass through the printing press adds
another color of ink to the paper. If different colors of ink overlap, the
dots that make up the halftone pattern may also overlap. At best,
overlapping halftones appear muddy. At worst, they create an unwanted
stripe effect called a moire pattern.
Additional query words: pub98 98 mspub98 pub_98 5.00 publisher98 pub5 ms_pub98 mspub missing drop out outisde printing proprint ramp fountain flood rainbow
Keywords: kbprb kbprint KB179253