This document provides instructions for creating Spot UV files in Adobe Illustrator: 1. Create a new Spot color swatch named "Spot UV" with Black at 100% and CMY at 0% then select elements to apply it to. 2. Copy the selected elements and paste in front to create duplicates above the originals. Change the new selection to the Spot UV swatch. 3. Check the "Overprint Fill" and "Overprint Stroke" attributes if needed, then save as a PDF and use Acrobat's Output Preview to check the separations with "Simulate Overprinting" turned on or off.

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C = 75
M=0
Y = 100
K = 25
C = 50
M=0
Y = 100
K=0
1 Open the CMYK file. From the top menu go to Window > Color > Create New Swatch.
2 Name the swatch “Spot UV” and select “Spot Color” from the color type menu.
Ensure Black (K) is set to 100% and C, M, Y are set to 0%. Click OK.
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2. 3 Select all the elements to which you would like Spot UV applied. From the top menu,
go to Edit > Copy then “Paste in Front”. This will create a duplicate of the selection
on top of the original.
4 Open color palette and change selection to “Spot UV”.
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3. 5 From the top menu, go to Window > Attributes and check “Overprint Fill”.
If there is a stroke, that must be set to “Overprint Stroke” as well.
6 Save as a PDF and open in Adobe Acrobat to check separations using “Output Preview”.
Go to Advanced > Print Production > Output Preview and check “Simulate Overprinting”.
Preview with spot turned
off to show CMYK only.
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Preview with only spot turned on.
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