- What is there to say about printing?
You press Control P or Command P on a Mac,
you cross your fingers, and you hope for the best.
Honestly, that would be my five second,
one movie description of how you print for most programs.
You press some keys, you say a quiet prayer,
and you wait for the results.
But Illustrator is different.
Eagerly awaiting you are a bunch of movies
covering topics directly related to printing,
many of which involve no mention of the print command.
We'll start by taking a look
at how you simulate colored paper stock.
Then, we'll add a bleed for borderless printing.
We'll take a look at the Separations Preview panel,
which allows you to preview the color separations necessary
to commercially reproduce the document.
I'll show you how to introduce a spot color,
which is a premixed ink that prints on its own plate.
We'll take a look at overprinting
and how it specifically applies
to managing the use of black ink.
And then finally, we'll look at the Print command
and how it allows you to print to a local inkjet
or laser printer, as well as create a PDF
for commercial reproduction.
Illustrator is possibly
the best printing program ever invented.
Here, let me know you exactly how it works.