COLOR PRINTING GUIDE



Whether you’re creating one-page flyers for printing in one color, or multi-page, full-color publications, Canvas provides tools needed for all aspects of document design and publishing. This book is a guide to help you prepare documents for print publishing using Canvas software.

The Color Printing Guide begins with an introduction to printing terms and concepts to help you better understand the publishing process. The second section provides instructions for setting up Canvas documents and addressing printing issues. The last section describes how to complete prepress tasks and output your documents as color separations for commercial printing.

The key to successful print publishing is planning ahead. Making the correct decisions about printing issues, including the type of colors in the document, the resolution to use for images, and the document layout, is the best way to prevent problems from showing up on the printing press — where they’re difficult and expensive to fix. This book can suggest questions that you should ask yourself about printing requirements and options during the planning and design stages [left]for a print publication. To learn more, you can find printed and on-line information about the technical and creative aspects of print publishing. The Resources section at the end of this book lists information sources that can help you learn more about traditional processes and keep up with new developments in print publishing.

PANTONE Coated
Color Reference Book

The color names and numbers displayed in this book represent PANTONE names and numbers from its copyrighted PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM© and are printed under license by Pantone, Inc. This chart is not for sale and its reproduction by third parties is prohibited.
Color names have been abbreviated to save space. This chart shows PANTONE solid color simulations. For identical results, be sure to specify your colors using the exact PANTONE name within your application.