How to simulate spot varnish on a proof?

[Andreas Paul]

Hi everybody.

Since customers get more and more excited with spot varnishes we are looking for a solution to simulate spot varnish on our hardcopy proofs. As a proof device we are currently using an Epson Stylus Pro WT 7900.
We are currently trying different methods, but right now we are not really pleased with the results.

How do you simulate spot varnish for your customers?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Andreas Paul

 

[Lammy]

Never tried to simulate them, just indicated where there are with a tint of yellow or orange. This was done on the mockup on cheap offset stock though and not on the contract proof.

 

[bean66]

Some of your digital printers like the Xeroxx 1000 have a clear gloss option. You could make mockups on digital but you are limited to the size restrictions on that printer.

 

[amybest222]

Printed vinyl overlays taped neatly to the contract proof

 

[spoocobra]

We output dylux/epsons/final proofs with the "varnish" as a magenta channel overprinting the 4/C.

You could "merge" the proof file (.eps.tiff...) in photoshop and make the spot varnish overprint/multiply on the magenta channel and print a proof from that. It's what we used to do before we had multi-burn in Rampage.

 

[Mark]

We make a second proof indicating varnish. Ex: gloss varnish as cyan and dull varnish as magenta

 

[zombie]

IMHO it is a waste of money to proof such thing. A high-res final PDF sent to the customer is OK, with all varinsh elements overprinted over the layout.