Can I print in white ink + Digital Gold or Silver on the same page?

Yes, you can. The way you set up your design for combining these Print Styles is different to setting up for Digital Gold and Silver on their own. 

Don't create separate pages for the Digital Gold or Silver elements and the Digital White printed elements. Your design should all be on the same page.

You'll need to follow our instructions to set up your design correctly for this type of printing (scroll down for Canva instructions).

Please provide an extra page in your artwork PDF as a 'mockup', so we can see what you're trying to achieve.

Design set up (Adobe Illustrator, InDesign or a program that can create a Spot Colour)

The parts of your design to be printed in Digital Gold or Silver must be a SPOT COLOUR (see below).

It's important that your Illustrator or InDesign document is using the CMYK profile.

• In the Swatch Options panel create a new Spot Colour

Digital Gold + Digital White

Elements to be printed in Digital Gold should be a Red spot colour (CMYK 0/100/100/0) and named: Gold

Elements to be printed in White Ink should be a Magenta spot colour (CMYK 0/100/0/0) and named: White

Digital Silver + Digital White

Elements to be printed in Digital Silver should be a Cyan spot colour (CMYK 100/0/0/0) and named: Silver

Elements to be printed in White Ink should be a Magenta spot colour (CMYK 0/100/0/0) and named exactly: White

Design Set Up - Canva

If you’re using Canva (which can’t create spot colours) use these HEX values for White and Gold or Silver instead:

Gold: #ff0000 (Red)

Silver: #00ffff (Cyan)

White: #ff00ff (Magenta)

If you're designing in Canva for Digital White + Digital Gold or Silver, then you MUST download your PDF with RGB as the Color Profile. (This is different to all our other print processes when you must download as CMYK for more accurate colour results).

Good to know

We print a double-hit of white toner when printing in Digital White only BUT we can’t print a double hit if also printing Gold or Silver. This means that the Digtial White areas of the design won't be as saturated as usual.