Back to Dye Printing Tricks & Tips
No. While a default setting in PageMaker, FreeHand, etc. If you plan to image your file, the hairline will most likely disappear completely. Why? Because a hairline rule, or stroke, or line is defined not by the math available but by the target printer. When you ask for hairline you're asking the computer to go find the smallest, thinnest line possible. If your laserprinter or desk jet is 300-600 dots per inch, the smallest (hairline) it can print is still a big ol' dot of toner.
BUT when a printer or imagesetter sends that same file to a RIP station the software will define the hairline as one-one thousand two hundredth of an inch. Barely humanly visible and probably unprintable depending on the plates used. They usually appear as an uneven, dotted line.
If you have to have a line thinner than a point (.01389") or a halfpoint (.006945"), define a custom line as .0035" if you go smaller you probably won't be happy with the result.
