Lorem Ipsum Blvd A Graphic Designers Personal Bag of Tricks

Create a Dieline and Measurement Spot

When working with Dielines and Measurements it's good to get in the habit of setting your files up correct. One trick I learned is to turn your dielines and measurement colors into a cmyk spot color. Simply make your color 100m and click the spot color type.

The advantage of this is that your printer would need an extra plate to actually mess up and print your dieline. Notice the separation preview below.

Additionally, you can double click the layer in which the Dieline is on and unclick the print button.  The layer will look italicize in the layer window and will not print.

Since I repeat these steps often I create a default document.ai and begin all print jobs from it. Proper file structure helps eliminate costly errors.