Preview color separations

  • Choose Window > Separations Preview.
  • Select Overprint Preview.

Printer’s marks and bleeds

Adobe Illustrator-printers mark.jpg

  • A Star target
  • B Registration mark
  • C Page information
  • D Trim marks
  • E Color bar
  • F Tint bar

 

Overprint

Overprinting is a process of printing one color on top of another. When you set an object to overprint it will overprint any other object below

Set up overprinting

  • Select the object or objects that you want to overprint.
  • Go to window menu,
  • Click on Attributes
  • In the Attributes panel, select Overprint Fill, Overprint Stroke, or both.