: New to printing terms and how it works Hello I am new to print as I do most of my works on digital format...my client asked me to edit a label of their product in Adobe Illustrator and

@Shelley591

We need Line and Screen Black separation


likely refers to them wanting a separate black plate for solid black vs. halftoned black (all the grays). This means you'll need to create two separate spot colors in the file (black 1, black 2)


key line the knock out type


Keylining refers to adding "trim" around areas of abutted colors to hide mis-registration issues. This is a good description.




We will need a light Spot Green (PMS 361 C)"


Yes, it means they want to add a spot color to the process. WHICH particular greens need to be swapped out for that one I can't say. That's really a design decision.

All that said, please note that all of these requests are typically things you'd want the printer's own pre-press team to handle, as they will have their own preferences for their own printing process.

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@Frith110

I'm under the impression that a keyline is like a drop shadow kind of. It's like offsetting the type by clicking once down, once over, and displaying in a different color. Like this:

Knockout type is any text that doesn't require ink to display, as it will just show the substrate (paper or other media you're printing on) color.

I'm not comfortable trying to answer the rest, as without context it's hard to know what they are asking for.

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