Type won't Trap

[evolvingvisions]

I have received a 2 color file from a client. When I go to color seperate the file, some words trap, and others do not. Does anyone know why this could be happening?

Jenn

 

[signal49]

What point size is the type?

What colors are the type and the background?

Is the type in front of a placed image?

When you say it doesn't trap, do you mean that it knocks out or overprints?

Have you made any trapping settings for the specific colors (Edit Colors -> Edit Trap)?

Have you tried setting the trapping manually with Windows -> Show Trap Information?

 

[evolvingvisions]

As for the font size, there are multiple words. Basically, a client sent me an image with dropshadows on the text. To do this, he overlapped text boxes. When i color seperated it though, I was not able to get the one color to knockout the other color. They were just two solids. I was able to retype it in illustrator, and it worked. But that doesn't explain the problem in quark. I did go into the colors and edit the traps, nothing happened.

 

[Foamcow]

If the "text" is a placed image from Illustrator or Freehand, have you checked their own trapping settings in that application?

e.g. A line of text set to overprint in illustrator and imported into Quark will overprint in Quark.

 

[evolvingvisions]

The text was done in quark. it's a drop shadow created in quark...by using two text boxes of different colors. One color is pantone 185. the other is pantone -reflex blue. the 185 box is placed above the reflex box. I am begining to t hink the only way to do it is to create the same text in illustrator and bring it in as an image.

 

[Foamcow]

I assume you tried editing the trap info manually by going to Windows -> Show trap information ?

 

[evolvingvisions]

you assume correctly