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title: "Overprint settings | Customer's Canvas Hub"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/template-editor/how-to-create-designs/overprint/"
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# Overprint settings

> When rendering PDF files containing elements that overlap each other, normal behavior for such elements is to _knock-out_ overlaying layers from underlying ones, so that elements are not layered one on top of the other when printing. It guarantees that the colors of these layers don't mix. Users typically don't notice that.

However, under certain circumstances, such behavior is not desired. Usually, it happens when an element is a cut line or a special spot color that should always be printed on top of a color area. To change the behavior, it is possible to set the so-called _overprint_ mode, which means that no knockout is applied when this element is layered on top of other items.

## Common options

To set up overprinting in the Template Editor, click an item, click the **Design** tab, and then expand the **Overprint** section. For example, for images, you can change the following options.

![Wrapping options of tex items](images/image-overprint.png)

To enable overprinting for this element, turn on the **Overprint fill** option. Otherwise, the knockout mode will be used. You may only overprint a stroke with **Overprint stroke**.

:::note
Visually, you won't see the effect of the overprint option in the Template Editor. To verify the result, you need to open the rendered PDF file in Adobe Illustrator and check whether overprint is enabled for an appropriate element.
:::

## Overprinting text

Text elements also support the **Overprint fill** and **Overprint stroke** options, however, it also supports an additional option called **Overprint text**. The difference is that the **Overprint text** is applied to the text glyphs, while **Overprint fill** and **Overprint stroke** options are applied to the text frame only (see [Fill and Border](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/hub/designers-manual/template-editor/how-to-create-designs/fill-and-border.md)).

![Wrapping options of tex items](images/text-overprint.png)