Re: 8 Color Printing
I agree Risto.
It's all relative to the print format. Textile printing requires that I create 1 color plate for each color being used in a design. The limit being the number of print heads, 1 head = 1 color. We have a max color capacity of 12 but only advertise 10, (breathing room for malfunctions on the press). Gives us leeway.
I can't just create artwork in Xara & expect it to separate the art for me (I wish it were that simple). I have to manually Sep the art within Xara & create plates to be printed for a 1 color (large format B&W laser)printer (Similar to a CMYK sep in Xara). Or, I can export a Bitmap from Xara & sep in Photoshop using Channels to create a plate for each color being printed.
To answer your question Citywolf. I would expect that Xara would be able to support 8 color printers if the artwork is prepared properly "using spot colors". It tends to be a trial & error thing, until the process is figured out. Always a learning curve when dealing with a new print process. More than likely, Xara can do it, one way or another... Where there's a will, there's a way.
John, the name is wALDO! Get it right man! ;o)
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