What's it called when you have label inks in an illustration?
November 23, 2013 1:41 PM Subscribe
Realistic question: What is it called in printing when a copy of the art has inks labeled with lines and callouts and labels? Long "this would solve everything" question inside
Long real reason I need this version: I saw a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that does just this and just got a freelance gig that requires it. However ALL my google fu is failing and I think one of the reasons is the plug-in referred to this labeling as something I didn't recognize right away...i.e. a non obvious name.
It was either a plug-in or a script. I believe it was on a professional site (there were screenshots and it seemed customized for the content, not just a template with "download this script, here's details)
Long real reason I need this version: I saw a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that does just this and just got a freelance gig that requires it. However ALL my google fu is failing and I think one of the reasons is the plug-in referred to this labeling as something I didn't recognize right away...i.e. a non obvious name.
It was either a plug-in or a script. I believe it was on a professional site (there were screenshots and it seemed customized for the content, not just a template with "download this script, here's details)
Response by poster: PSB, sadly no. Caution Live Frogs, even more sadly, the same.
This is for printing proofs of, say fabric samples, where a red flower will have a pointing to it and off to the side it will have a label (like "Tusk 2114") of the ink used for it.
posted by Brainy at 2:23 PM on November 23, 2013
This is for printing proofs of, say fabric samples, where a red flower will have a pointing to it and off to the side it will have a label (like "Tusk 2114") of the ink used for it.
posted by Brainy at 2:23 PM on November 23, 2013
They are called "Printer's Marks," and when you export your job to PDF in In Design you have the option to keep all of them or some of them. They include several kinds: crop, bleed, registration, color bars, and page info. This blog post explains it.
posted by TheGoodBlood at 2:25 PM on November 23, 2013
posted by TheGoodBlood at 2:25 PM on November 23, 2013
Maybe they call it something different when printing on fabric but the answers you've been given plus a few more are correct for offset printing: print proof, printers marks, spot colors, registration marks, PMS colors, prepress, print production, etc. if you do a search on the word "prepress" or "print production" you might find what you saw previously.
posted by wildflower at 2:57 PM on November 23, 2013
posted by wildflower at 2:57 PM on November 23, 2013
You might be thinking of printer's marks or more likely a mechanical.
As for the plugin, if you ran across it just recently it might be Specctr, which I've seen linked around the past couple weeks.
posted by Su at 4:06 PM on November 23, 2013
As for the plugin, if you ran across it just recently it might be Specctr, which I've seen linked around the past couple weeks.
posted by Su at 4:06 PM on November 23, 2013
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posted by PSB at 2:02 PM on November 23, 2013