Overview

Why you should complete this activity

In this activity, you will learn how to create a rich black trap. A rich black trap concentrates on trapping the "booster" color used to create a rich black appearance. The booster color is trapped to avoid "show-through" of the color in case of misregistration. 

Audience

Prepress Operators

Time required

Approximately 15-20 minutes

Recommended reading

• Prinergy Powerpack Workflow 7.5 Workshop User Guide search key words: Trapping Tools, PDF Trapper, Trapping Examples, Trap Editor, Trapping Spot Colors

What you'll need

Note: The Refine a 1-up artwork PDF file to set color mapping activity should be completed prior to this activity.

For this activity you need to locate:

• Packaging Activity Source Files/Trapping Labs/Rich Black.pdf

Activity specifications

If you are confident that you can complete the activity on your own, view the following naming conventions and required process template settings.

Naming conventions

• Job name: XX_Rich_Black_Trap (where XX is your initials)

Process templates

• Refine: 1stRef-Normz; 2ndRef-MapColors