How do I create a multi-ink color in Illustrator?

[Alex Walker]

Here's my problem...

I'm running a two color job (black and a Pantone) and I've done some
mixing in Quark that I want to match in a logo created in Illustrator.
This is pretty simple in Quark - I just selected "multi-ink color" and
made a new color with 80% of my Pantone and 20% black. Now I want to do
the same in Illustrator (I'm using Illustrator 9) so I can fill my logo
with a matching color, but I can't seem to figure it out. Surely this
must be possible, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

Thanks
Alex

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Alex Walker
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[Odysseus]

Jono Moore wrote:
>
> in article 3D94E186...@usenix.org, Alex Walker at al...@usenix.org wrote
> on 27.9.02 3:53 PM:

>
> > Now I want to do the same in Illustrator (I'm using Illustrator 9) so I can
> > fill my logo with a matching color, but I can't seem to figure it out. Surely
> > this must be possible, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
>

> You can't get there from there. :-)
>
> I think only Quark and Freehand do multi-ink.
>
FreeHand doesn't either.

--Odysseus

[Odysseus]

Alex Walker wrote:
>
> Here's my problem...
>
> I'm running a two color job (black and a Pantone) and I've done some
> mixing in Quark that I want to match in a logo created in Illustrator.
> This is pretty simple in Quark - I just selected "multi-ink color" and
> made a new color with 80% of my Pantone and 20% black. Now I want to do
> the same in Illustrator (I'm using Illustrator 9) so I can fill my logo
> with a matching color, but I can't seem to figure it out. Surely this
> must be possible, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
>

You can't do this directly as in QX. The only workaround I know is to
create a duplicate object in one colour or tint and make it overprint
the other. The artwork will not correctly preview or print as a
composite -- showing only the upper element -- but should separate
with the desired effect.

--Odysseus

[Paul Asente]

In article <3D94E186...@usenix.org>, Alex Walker <al...@usenix.org>
wrote:

> Here's my problem...
>
> I'm running a two color job (black and a Pantone) and I've done some
> mixing in Quark that I want to match in a logo created in Illustrator.
> This is pretty simple in Quark - I just selected "multi-ink color" and
> made a new color with 80% of my Pantone and 20% black. Now I want to do
> the same in Illustrator (I'm using Illustrator 9) so I can fill my logo
> with a matching color, but I can't seem to figure it out. Surely this
> must be possible, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

You do this in Illustrator by creating a style.

Draw a path and fill it with your Pantone color. Then in the appearance
palette menu, select "Add New Fill". Make it 20% black. Drag the two
fills to be next to each other in the Appearance palette, select the top
fill, and in the Attributes palette check "Overprint fill". Drag the
object into the Styles palette so that you can apply this style to
different objects, if you need to do this.

If you want to preview on screen how it will look, select Overprint
Preview from the view menu.

-paul asente
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