Moving the Design to Tayda's Template
These will work in Illustrator and Affinity. They have swatches already included in them.
Rolling your own template
Above are the templates, save them, copy them and use them. In a pinch though, you may want to make your own.
Dimensions
Here's the dimensions as provided by Tayda
| Enclosure | Width (mm) | Height (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| 1590B | 56mm | 108.5mm |
| 125B | 62mm | 117mm |
| 1590BB | 90mm | 115.5mm |
| 1590BB2 | 90mm | 115.5mm |
| 1590XX | 117mm | 141mm |
| 1590A | 35mm | 89mm |
| 1590DD | 117mm | 185mm |
Layers
I'm honestly not even too sure the order of the layers matters, but lets not tempt fate.
The gloss layer will have -V or -M depending on whether you want it Varnished or Matte.
- GLOSS-V or GLOSS-M
- COLOR
- WHITE
Have those three layers (In Affinity these are called Compound Layers).
Swatches
No, you don't need to actually go finding these in some swatch library out there. You can just make them on the spot with these values. No pun intended there.
These MUST be set to Spot Color, but you knew that already.
| Color | Swatch Name | C | M | Y | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | RDG_WHITE | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Gloss/Matte | RDG_GLOSS | 50% | 25% | 25% | 0% |
Again, I actually don't think the UV printer itself cares at all what the CMYK values are, it only looks for spot colors named a specific name. That's it, BUT we don't know if the printer operator will get confused and insist we follow their rules to the letter, so best just to use the right colors for their benefit if anything.
White layer
Here's a graph I made to help you determine whether a shape needs white underneath it. Start at the top.