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FIGURE 1 Identifying areas that will bleed FIGURE 2 Bleed and Slug section of the Document Setup dialog box FIGURE 3 Identifying the bleed guide FIGURE 4 Extending bleed items to the

Figure 2 shows that the trim size for the

document is 6" wide by 3" in height and

that a 125" bleed area is to be added

out-side the trim size This bleed area is

reflected in the document by a red guide,

shown in Figure 3 You use this guide when

you extend areas that bleed beyond the trim size

As shown in Figure 4, the green back-ground has been extended to the bleed guide on all four sides, and the yellow strip

has been extended on the left and the right

If the trimmer trims slightly outside of the trim size (the black line), the extra bleed material provides the room for that error

FIGURE 1

Identifying areas that will bleed

FIGURE 2

Bleed and Slug section of the Document Setup dialog box

FIGURE 3

Identifying the bleed guide

FIGURE 4

Extending bleed items to the bleed guide

Green extends to the trim size on all four sides

Yellow extends

to the trim size

on two sides

Trim size

Bleed and Slug section

Bleed area

Bleed guide

Creating Slugs

When you output a document, often you’ll

want to include a note on the output

Printers refer to that note as a slug Slugs

are often notes to the printer, phone

num-bers to call if there are any problems, or

other information related to the file

Obviously, slugs are not meant to be part of

the final trimmed document They must be

positioned outside the trim size so that

they will be discarded when the document

is trimmed InDesign allows you to create a slug area in the Bleed and Slug section of the Document Setup dialog box, shown in Figure 5 In this figure, 5" has been speci-fied for a slug area on all four sides of the document The slug area is identified by a blue guide, shown in Figure 6 Create a text frame, position it in the slug area, then type whatever information you want to keep with the file, as shown in Figure 7

When you create a slug, use the Registration swatch in the Swatches palette as the fill color for the text When the document is color separated, anything filled with Registration appears on all printing plates

FIGURE 5

Defining the slug area

FIGURE 6

Identifying the slug area

FIGURE 7

Adding a slug Slug area

Slug area identified

by blue guide

Slug contained in the slug area

Previewing Bleeds and Slugs

When you switch to Preview, the bleed and

slug areas will not be visible To preview

those areas, press and hold the Preview

button in the Toolbox to reveal the Bleed

and Slug buttons, shown in Figure 8

Bleed will show you a preview with the

bleed area included, and Slug will show

you a preview with both the bleed and slug

areas included

Printing Bleeds, Slugs, and

Printer’s Marks

When you output a document, you can

choose whether or not the bleed and slug

areas will print; usually they are printed

along with printer’s marks You specify

these items to print in the Marks and Bleed section of the Print dialog box, shown in Figure 9 Printer’s marks include crop marks, which are guide lines that define the trim size Bleed marks define the bleed size Printers use registration marks to align the color-separated output Color bars are used to maintain consistent color on press, and page information includes the title of the InDesign document

Figure 10 shows a printed document out-put with a bleed area and a slug area, and identifies all five printer’s marks

FIGURE 8

Three preview buttons

FIGURE 9

Identifying bleeds, slugs, and printer’s marks

Press and hold Preview button to access Bleed and Slug buttons

Marks and Bleed section

Bleed marks (outside)

Crop marks (inside) define trim size

Page information

Color bars

Registration mark

Slug Color bars

Create a bleed

1 Open ID 12-1.indd, then save it as OAHU

To Print.

2. Verify that you are in Normal View and that

guides are visible.

3 Click File on the menu bar, then click

Document Setup.

4 Click More Options (if necessary) to display

the Bleed and Slug section, as shown in

Figure 11.

The document’s size—the trim size—is

6" × 7.5".

5 Type 125 in the Top, Bottom, Inside, and

Outside Bleed text boxes, click OK, then

compare your page to Figure 12.

A bleed guide appears defining the bleed

area, which is 125" outside the trim size on

all four sides.

6 Click the Selection Tool , select the blue

frame, then drag the frame corners to the

bleed guide so that your document

resem-bles Figure 13.

You specified the bleed area in the Document

Setup dialog box, and then you modified an object

on the page so that it will bleed on all four sides.

FIGURE 11

Document Setup dialog box

FIGURE 12

Bleed area

FIGURE 13

Modifying an object’s size to bleed

Click to hide the Bleed and Slug section

Bleed guide Bleed and Slug section

Create a slug

1 Click File on the menu bar, then click

Document Setup.

2 Type 5 in the Top, Bottom, Inside, and Outside Slug text boxes, click OK, then

com-pare your page to Figure 14.

A slug guide appears, defining the slug area, which is 5" outside the trim size on all four sides.

3 Drag the text frame from the pasteboard

into the slug area at the right of the docu-ment, then change the stroke color of the text frame to None.

4 Click the Type Tool , then type the

fol-lowing in the text frame: Printer: Any ?s call

me at 800-555-1212.

5 Click the Selection Tool , then position the text frame in the same location shown in Figure 15

6. Verify that the text frame is still selected,

then click the Formatting affects text button

in the Swatches palette.

7. Change the fill color of the text to

[Registration], then deselect the text frame

With a Registration fill, the slug text will appear on all printing plates if the document

is color separated.

You specified a slug area in the Document Setup dialog box, you typed a message for the printer in the slug area, and then you filled the text with Registration.

FIGURE 14

Slug area

FIGURE 15

Typing a message in the slug area Slug guide

Message to printer

Preview bleeds and slugs

1 Click the Preview button in the Toolbox.

In preview, neither the bleed nor the slug

area is visible.

2 Press and hold the Preview button until

you see the Bleed Mode and Slug buttons,

then click the Bleed button .

The preview shows the document and the

bleed area.

3 Press and hold the Bleed button , then

click the Slug button .

As shown in Figure 16, in slug mode, the

bleed and slug areas are previewed along

with the document.

4 Click the Normal View button .

You viewed the layout in preview, bleed, and

slug modes.

FIGURE 16

Viewing the layout in slug mode

Slug area

Bleed area

Understanding InDesign compatibility

One of the most important features of Adobe InDesign is that it interfaces effectively

with other Adobe products An InDesign layout can be exported as a PDF, which means

that the layout can be opened in both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat You can

export the layout as an EPS, so it can be placed in both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe

Illustrator Adobe InDesign documents can also be opened by Adobe GoLive! to be used

as layouts for the World Wide Web The relationship between the Adobe products also

works when importing files into an InDesign layout If you have a Photoshop file with

many layers, you don’t need to save a flattened copy for use in InDesign—InDesign will

place a layered Photoshop document without any problems Similarly, InDesign will

place an Illustrator file—you don’t need to save it in the EPS format

Print bleeds, slugs, and printer’s marks

1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Print.

2. Verify that Copies is set to 1 and Pages

is set to All, then click Setup on

the left

TIP Don’t click the Setup button at the bot-tom of the dialog box

3 Click the Paper Size list arrow, click Letter, click the Page Position list arrow, then click

Centered.

Your dialog box should resemble Figure 17. TIP Your letter choice may be Letter (8.5 × 11 in) or U.S Letter, depending on your printer type.

4 Click the Marks and Bleed category on

the left.

5 In the Marks section, click the All Printer’s

Marks check box, then click the Offset up arrow until the value reads 375 in.

6. In the Bleed and Slug section, verify that the Use Document Bleed Settings check box is

checked, then click the Include Slug Area

check box.

Your dialog box should resemble Figure 18.

7 Click Print.

Compare the printer’s marks in Figure 19 to your own output.

8. Save your work.

You opened the Print dialog box, set the paper size and page position, and activated all printer’s marks, the document’s bleed settings, and the slug area You then printed the document.

FIGURE 17

Setup category in the Print dialog box

FIGURE 18

Activating printer’s marks

FIGURE 19

Identifying printer’s marks in the printed document

Paper Size list arrow

Page Position list arrow

Marks and Bleed category

Offset up arrow

Include Slug Area check box

Use Document Bleed Settings check box

All Printer’s Marks check box

Crop marks

(offset 375")

define trim

size

Color bars

Bleed marks

Color bars

Registration mark

Slug Page information

L E S S O N 2

What You’ll Do

USE THE INK MANAGER AND

Using the Ink Manager

The Ink Manager dialog box, shown in Figure 20, gives you control over the inks that you create in the Swatches palette

One important function that the Ink Manager provides is the ability to convert spot colors easily to process inks if you should want to do so

QUICKTIP You can access the Ink Manager from the Swatches palette menu

You may ask, “Why would you create a swatch as a spot color if you intend to out-put it as a process color?” Good question

You should know that many designers choose not to be too meticulous when cre-ating swatches Often, they will use the PANTONE palette to create swatches with-out a care as to whether they are defined

as spot or process That’s why many print-ers are seldom surprised when they open a client’s document and find that it has been saved with 22 spot inks!

The Ink Manager makes it easy to specify how the document will color separate It is important to remember that using the Ink Manager is a function of output The changes that you make to inks in the Ink Manager only affect the output of the doc-ument, not the inks in the document For example, you might convert a swatch from

a spot ink to a process ink in the Ink Manager, but the swatch will continue to

be defined as a spot ink in the Swatches palette

Using the Separations Preview Palette

The Separations Preview palette, shown in Figure 21, is another palette that allows you to see at a glance the number of inks available for printing the document The Separations Preview palette lists only the four process inks and any swatches that are defined as spot inks

The Separations Preview palette is interac-tive Click on an ink, and the areas of the document that use that ink will appear

In this lesson, you will use the Ink

Manager to specify swatches as process or

spot colors, and then you’ll preview

sepa-rations in the Sepasepa-rations Preview palette.

PREVIEW COLOR SEPARATIONS

black The areas that don’t use that ink will

disappear Figure 22 shows Black selected

in the palette and only the areas of the

doc-ument that contain black ink being

pre-viewed in the document

Why is this useful? It’s important to note that the Separations Preview palette comes into play in the output stages, not in the design stages But at the output stage, it is

a great resource for the print professional

to see at a glance how a document will color separate and to inspect each plate quickly

FIGURE 20

Ink Manager dialog box

FIGURE 21

Separations Preview palette

FIGURE 22

Viewing the black inks in the document Click to convert all

spot inks to

process inks

Identifies

spot ink

Identifies

process ink

Use the Ink Manager

1. In the Swatches palette, note that there are

three PANTONE spot ink swatches, as shown

in Figure 23.

2 Click the Swatches palette list arrow, then

click Ink Manager.

3. Scroll in the Ink Manager dialog box and

note the inks listed.

The list of inks in the Ink Manager window is

different from the list in the Swatches palette.

The Ink Manager lists the four process inks

(CMYK) and the three swatches specified as

spot inks Any other process swatches are

not listed because they are composed of the

four process inks.

4 Click PANTONE 427 C, then click the spot

ink icon to the left of PANTONE 427 C

to convert it from a spot ink to a process

ink, as shown in Figure 24.

You have converted PANTONE 427 C from a

spot ink to a process ink.

5 Click PANTONE 159 C, click the spot ink

icon to the left of PANTONE 159 C, then

click OK.

The document will now output four process

inks and 1 spot ink, for a total of five inks

(continued)

FIGURE 23

Swatches palette with three spot inks

FIGURE 24

Converting a spot ink to a process ink Spot inks

Spot ink icon changes to process ink icon

6. Note the inks in the Swatches palette Changes you make using the Ink Manager affect only the output; they do not reflect how colors are defined in the document Though PANTONE 427 and 159 will be out-put as process inks, the Swatches palette continues to show a spot ink icon beside them, because that is how they were speci-fied when created.

7 Click File on the menu bar, click Print, then click the Output category on the left.

As shown in Figure 25, the Inks section of the Print dialog box specifies that the docu-ment will separate into five inks.

8 Click Cancel.

You used the Ink Manager to convert two spot inks

to process inks You then switched to the Output category of the Print dialog box to verify that the document would separate into five inks, as shown

in the Ink Manager dialog box.

FIGURE 25

Viewing the Inks section in the Print dialog box

Inks section

Use the Separations Preview

palette

1 Click Window on the menu bar, point to

Output, then click Separations.

2 Click the View list arrow in the Separations

Preview palette, then click Separations

Preview.

As shown in Figure 26, the document is

specified to color separate into five inks—

the four process inks plus PANTONE 2925 C,

which has been specified as a spot ink in the

Ink Manager dialog box.

3. Move the Separations Preview palette to

the side so that you can see the entire

document.

4 Click PANTONE 2925 C in the Separations

Preview palette.

The areas of the document that have

PANTONE 2925 C applied appear as black.

Other areas are invisible.

(continued)

FIGURE 26

Viewing five inks in the Separations Preview palette

The five inks in the Separations Preview palette

5. Position the pointer over the black border in the document.

As shown in Figure 27, 100% appears beside the ink listed in the palette, indicating that this area is to be printed with 100% PANTONE 2925 C.

6 Click Cyan in the Separations Preview

palette.

The areas of the document that have Cyan applied appear as black.

7. Move the pointer over the document and note the percentages of cyan and the other inks.

There is 0% cyan in the title OAHU and 0% PANTONE 2925 C anywhere except in the border.

8 Click Magenta, then click Yellow, then click

Black to preview those inks.

Note that the slug appears on all plates because it’s filled with the Registration ink, which appears on every printing plate.

9 Click CMYK to preview only the areas of

the document that will be printed with process inks.

10 Click the empty gray square beside the

PANTONE 2925 C ink to make the ink visible

in the preview.

11 Click the View list arrow in the Separations Preview palette, click Off, then close the

Separations Preview palette.

You used the Separations Preview palette to pre-view how the document will be color separated into five inks.

FIGURE 27

Viewing a single ink in the Separations Preview palette

Pantone 2925 C

is used 100% on the border