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Step 3: Create a trap to compensate for misregistration on press
Misregistration can cause gaps between colors on the final output when colors printed from separate plates overlap or adjoin one another. To compensate for potential gaps between colors in artwork, print shops use a technique called trapping to create a small area of overlap (called a trap) between two adjoining colors.
You can use a separate, dedicated trapping program to create traps automatically, or you can use Illustrator to create traps manually.
Artwork without trap and with trap
Appropriate and inappropriate artwork for Trap command
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