How to create Metallic
Silver graphic data
Contents
Getting started…………………………………………………… 1
Design Image… ………………………………………………… 2
Preparing Data creation………………………………………… 3
Metallic Silver… ………………………………………………… 6
Original Metallic Color (Silver & CMYK Colors)… …………… 8
Metallic Color System Library… ……………………………… 10
CMYK Colors……………………………………………………… 14
Metallic Silver Gradation… …………………………………… 16
Roland VersaWorks Setting and Printing… ………………… 18
How to use Metallic Texture System Library… ……………… 21
Getting started
Metallic Silver Ink printing can realize a wide range of expressions depending on the setting and the
way to create graphic data.
Not only plain Silver color, but you can also enjoy variety of metallic colors by using Metallic Color
System Library which contains 512 metallic colors: In addition, you can also create your original
Metallic color by combining Metallic silver and CMYK inks.
① Metallic Silver
② Original Metallic Color (Silver & CMYK Colors)
Use Silver color for underlay
③ Metallic Color System Library 512 colors
④ Metallic Silver Gradation
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Design Image
Fix your idea on color before creating graphic data.
Here, we are going to explain how to create Metallic Silver Graphic data by using the sample data that
created with Abobe Illustrator.
Design Data
Metallic Color System Library
(RVW-MT-16M)
Original Metallic Color
(Silver & Y100% )
Metallic Color System Library
(RVW-MT-10L)
Rainbow, Text
CMYK Color
Background (Gray color)
Metallic Silver & Gradation
Completed image
Create the graphic data per purpose
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Preparing Data creation
To create graphic data with Metallic Silver, prepare separate layer per purpose.
① Start up Abode Illustrator and select [File] then [open] to open the sample data.
② Select [Card] from the layer panel. And then click [Option] that located on the upper right and select
[Duplicate “Card”]. Repeat the same step twice and create 4 layers in total.
4 layers in total
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③ Double click each layer and change the name as; “Background”, “Silver & Color”, “MTSilver” and
“Color”.
④ Delete unnecessary area of each layer.
Background
Select “Background” layer.
Display Eye icon only on “Background” layer, hide the
Eye icon for the rest of the layers.
Leave only gray-color
background and white
wave line, delete the rest.
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Silver & Color
Select “Silver & Color” layer.
Display Eye icon only on “Silver & Color”, hide the Eye icon for
the rest.
Leave only Orange ﬂower
and delete the rest
MTSilver
Select “MTSilver” layer.
Display Eye icon only on “MTSilver”, and hide the Eye icon for
the rest.
Leave only Red/Blue ﬂower
and delete the rest
Color
Select “Color” layer.
Display Eye icon on only “Color”, and hide the Eye icon for the
rest.
Leave only Rainbow/Text
ﬂower and delete the rest
Youʼve completed the layer separation, and now it is ready to create graphic data.
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Metallic Silver
We are going to appoint the color in each layer in line with the objective here.
Set the “Background” to Metallic Silver.
① Select the layer of “Background”. Display only “Background” and hide the rest.
② Select [Window] ‒ [Swatch Libraries] ‒ [Roland VersaWorks].
Change the view to
[Small List View]
In order to specify the Metallic Silver color, it is
necessary to create the data with the Roland
VersaWorks Swatch Color.
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③ Select gray-color Background. Do not select white wave line.
Select “RDG_MetallicSIlver” to paint the object.
Metallic Silver Data Completed
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Original Metallic Color (Silver & CMYK Colors)
Set the “Silver & Color” for Original Metallic Color.
① Select the layer of “Silver & Color”. Display only “Silver & Color” and hide the rest.
② Select Flower and choose [Y100] to paint the object.
③ Select Flower and click [Edit] ‒ [Copy].
Then click [Edit]-[Paste in Back] to copy it to the Background.
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④ While selecting the copied ﬂower, specify [RDG_MetallicSilver] to paint the object.
Original Metallic Color Completed
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Metallic Color System Library
Set “MTSilver” to Metallic Color System Library.
① Select “MTSilver” layer. Display “MTSilver” and hide the rest.
② Select [Window]-[Swatch Libraries]-[Roland Metallic Color System Library].
Change the view to
[Small List View]
In order to select a color from Metallic Color System
Library, it is necessary to create data with the colors
of Roland Metallic Color System Library Swatch.
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③ Select the ﬂower. And then select the ﬁll in color from Roland Metallic Color System Library.
[RVW_MT_16M] for Red Flower, [RVW_MT_10L] for Blue Flower.
Specify [RVW_MT_16M]
Specify [RVW_MT_10L]
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When printing Metallic Silver graphic data, sometimes the print result does not match
with the original image due to the eﬀect of the basic color and/or misprinting.
In such cases, it is necessary to have 0% graphic data (layer) between the graphic data
and the basic color.
When laying the data one on top of another, like this time, be sure to have [Metallic Silver 0% ]
on the Background of each data.
It is not necessary to do so when you want to make use of basic color of original Metallic Color
(Metallic Silver/CMYK overlay)
④ Select [Window]-[Swatch Libraries]-[Roland VersaWorks].
⑤ Select both Flowers and click [Edit]-[Copy].
And then click [Edit]-[Paste in Back] to copy it to the Background.
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⑥ While selecting the copied ﬂowers, specify [RDG_MetallicSilver 0% ] for the ﬁll.
Adjust to 0%
Metallic Color System Library Completed
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CMYK Colors
Set RDG_MetallicSilver 0% under “Color”.
① Select “Color” layer. Display [Color] and hide the rest.
② Select Rainbow and click [Edit]-[Copy].
Click [Edit]-[Paste in Back] and copy it to the Background.
③ While selecting the copied rainbow, specify [RDG_MetallicSilver 0% ] for the ﬁll.
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④ Select the text and click [Edit]-[Copy].
Click [Edit]-[Paste in Back] to copy it to the Background.
⑤ While selecting the copied text, choose [RDG_MetallicSilver 0% ] for the ﬁll/line.
For text, adjust RDG_MetallicSilver
to 0% for both Fill and Line
CMYK Color Data Completed
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Metallic Silver Gradation
Gradation could be used as enhancement of Metallic Silver expression in some graphic data.
Set Metallic Silver Gradation on the Background here.
① Select [Background] layer. Display [Background] and hide the rest.
Select the gray color background. Do not select the white wave line.
② Click Gradation palette box. Specify “Gradation” for the ﬁll.
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③ Change the color of Gradation, etc.
Create RDG_MetallicSilver Gradation and then specify angle/position.
Drug RDG_Metallic
Click each branch point
Silver to branch point
to change the color
RDG_MetallicSilver 100％
branch point
RDG_MetallicSilver 0％
branch point
Click middle diaper
Set Angle: 30/Position: 70%
Metallic Silver Gradation Data Completed
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Roland VersaWorks Setting and Printing
Setup Roland VersaWorks and make prints.
① Display all the layers.
② Click [File]-[Print].
Check the settings and then click [Print]. The data will be sent to Roland VersaWorks.
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③ Startup Roland VersaWorks.
④ Double click the data shown on Job list, and then open [Job Setting] screen.
⑤ Setup each setting as fellows.
[Quality]
Select names with [MT] attached
Select the print mode; CMYKLcLmMt
Select Color setting. “Sign & Display” in this manual.
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[File Format]
Conﬁrm that selected color from the Metallic Color
System Library is displayed, and then turn on the
[Convert Spot Color] option.
⑥ Check Preview.
Shaded area will be the Metallic Silver
printing area
⑦ Click [RIP and Print] to send the graphic data to printer to make prints.
CMYK Color and Metallic Silver will be printed all together.
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How to use Roland Metallic Texture System Library
【What is Roland Metallic Texture System Library?】
Roland Metallic Texture System Library is a function to
easily print metallic texture patterns like a hair line or
geometoric designs using metallic silver inks. There are 26
kinds of the metallic texture patterns as design patterns.
You can easily express a metallc gloss and texture using
this patterns.
By using this design patterns, a rich metallic gloss is added
on displays, posters and lables.
You can create and output the metallic silver design data
by registering dedicated swatch libraryies into Illustrator.
* Compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS/CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5.
The following is how to use Roland Metallic Texture System Library.
① Srart up Illustrator and select [File] then [New] to open the new data.
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② Draw a Star using star tool from tool panel.
③ Select [Window] → [Swatch Libraries] → [Roland Metallic Texture System Library].
Change the view to
[Small List View]
Click [Update] on this dialog.
To output Metallic textures, it is necessary to create a graphic data with Roland Metallic Texture
System Library Swatch Color.
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④ Select the Star. Specify [RTSL-MT-Glitter-010] from Roland Metallic Texture System Library to paint
the object.
Metallic Texture System Library data Completed.
* The display in Illustrator is preview window,
it is diﬀerent from the actual output.
The setting and printing from Roland VersaWorks is same as one of Metallic Silver data.
（Ref.：P18 Roland VersaWorks Setting and Printing）
To output the Metallic texture data, select the media with [MT] attached.
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Overlaying Metallic Texture System Library on CMYK Colors
Overlaying and printing a Metallic Texture on CMYK Color is available.
To create a graphic data, the data should be separated with two layers. The Metallic Texture layer is
always on the top of other layers.
RTSL-MT-Glitter-020
Printing result
C100%
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Important Notes:
● Create and print an original graphic data with full scale.
● If the graphic data is scaled up or down on Roland VersaWorks, the Metallic texture
designs are also scaled up or down automatically.
● When creating graphic data using metallic texture-on-metallic texture, metallic
texture and other colors, the graphic data are overlayed. In case you want to block
basic color, create the data not to see through the basic color or insert 0 percent
layer of metallic color system library (ex. RVW-MT-01A 0% ) between the metallic
texture and the basic color.
Printing result
【NOT block basic color】
RTSL-MT-Standard-010
C100% (Basic color)
Printing result
【Block basic color】
RTSL-MT-Standard-010
RVW-MT-01A　0%
C100% (Basic color)
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Published 2010/10/20
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