Gradient stroke wont print as spot colors.

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July 19, 2021
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I work in a screenprinting shop that primarily uses spot color for our RIP. I made a line and added a gradient stroke to it with 3 different spot colors. When I go to print the films, the spot colors dont show up. Any ideas?

Pic 1 is what it looks like.

Pic 2 is what shows up in the separations preview.

Thanks

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

You may try to create 3 gradients, each one with a single spot from 100% to white stack them in the Appearance panel and use darken mode to blend them.

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binkyguy123Author

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Thanks for the suggestion but still the same outcome.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Works fine for me.

Have a look at this file in the Separations Preview panel:

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/20bb2f0e-bae7-42ed-678c-13850f27d264

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SJRiegel

Legend

Illustrator is converting two of your spot colors and the overlap between those colors and the third one into process when the gradient is applied along a stroke. It does the same when applying a gradeint along the stroke, but not within the stroke or as a fill in a shape.

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binkyguy123Author

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Is there an option for it to not do that? I need the gradient to follow that arc otherwise i'd just make that shape and use gradient fill. Only problem is gradient fill wont follow that curve, (or I dont know to make it) it stays on a straight line.

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