Print orders requesting Spot UV and/or Raised Foil will require special preparation for the application of the selected embellishment. Preparation of Spot UV and Raised Foil is very similar to preparation of a spot color print job. If you are familair with this process, then you know a lot of what you need to do.
Requirements & Recommendations:
• A spot color defined as "Varnish" is required for spot UV application. The color can be any color of your choice, most people just make it black.
• A spot color defined as "iFoil" is required for raised foil application. The color can be any color of your choice, most people just make it black.
• Any object set to Varnish or iFoil color must be set to overprint.
• It is best practice to create a layer for any object that will be spot UV coated. Call this layer "Varnish".
• It is best practice to create a layer for any object that will have raised foil applied. Call this layer "iFoil".
• It is strongly recommended that if a job is to have Spot UV AND Raised Foil applied, that the spot UV layer ((Varnish layer) is the top most layer.
♦ NOTE: It is not required to have both a Raised Foil Layer and a Spot UV layer if you are only ordering one type of embellishment.
♦ NOTE: The Spot UV / Varnish is transparent and will not block any text or graphic when applied. The Raised Foil is opaque and will cover everything below it.
♦ NOTE: If you're wondering why we recommend calling a layer iFoil instead of just Foil, it's because offers BOTH traditional Foil Stamping and Raised Foil - so to distinuish between the two, internally BCE refer to Foil Stamping as just Foil and Rasied Foil as iFoil.
