Knockout Logo

[JennyBee]

Hello -

I am designing a 2 color brochure(Pantone Black and 185U) where I have placed a logo for a company that is white version (I think it would be considered knockout??) The logo is an eps file. When I do a preflight check, the spot colors show up as well as the 4 process colors. This logo is the cuprit...because when i delete it and then check the preflight, there are 0 process colors. When I look at the output separations in InDesign with the logo still in the piece, I don't see it showing up on any of the separation (C, M,Y, K or the spot color plates)

If any of this making sense, I guess my question is it ok to leave this in a 2 color job or will it create problems? If not, is there something that can be done to this logo to make it compatible with this 2 color job?

Thank you so much!

Jen

[urstwile]

Have you opened the logo up to see if there might be stray colors saved with the EPS? And also to make sure that the white is not set to overprint?

[JennyBee]

Thank you, urstwile...you solved it! (overprinting!)

Thank you so much....

Jen :)

[MD]

You can find out it it will work by printing out color separations to your printer. You could change the white in the logo to 185 set to 0%

edit: it appears I was too pokey :p

[JennyBee]

Thank you for your suggestions, MD!
:)

[budafist]

Goodness! We printed a job once that had the white set to overprint. I didn't design it, but I didn't spot it either. It cost a lot of money. Not my money, but someone's money.

Always be very careful with whites!

[JennyBee]

Thanks budafist. Yikes! I don't want to happen with this job!

You have inspired me to to some intensive studying up on the subject...

Best regards,

Jen

[budafist]

If you have any doubts, get the printers to provide you with a hardcopy proof to sign off on. If that looks perfect, then the printer will have to match that. If any white text is missing in the final product because it was set to overprint, then they should be able to spot it easily enough when they compare the two.

In our mistake case it was just 1 line of white text that was set to overprint on a coloured background.