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Use Imposition to Add a Third Color Economically

Reduce the cost of adding a third color to a job

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pretty spot colors

So many pretty colors. How do you pick just one or two?

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NEED TO KNOW: imposition | parent sheet | printing press | signature | spot color

Design your piece so that only two colors print on one side of the paper. Run black with blue on one side of the press sheet. Then run black with green on the other side. You may incur a slight extra charge for the color change but not as much as if you were mixing black, blue, and green all on one sheet and having to run each side through the press multiple times.

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