Creating layers in an AI file

A customer sent me a AI file to be screen printed. Each color in the file is a seperate image, but the file currently has only 1 layer. I need to create a layer for each color to burn films fr screen printing. I know how to create layers when I create an image, but never had a AI file I could not "flatten" to produce the screens. Each color can be dragged off the image, I need to convert each to a layer - thanks!

For a job like this there's no need to use layers. Print separations will do all you need.
One thing though; I expect you will be printing colours one on top of the other, or at least that the colours will "kiss" to some extent.
Presumably too, you will be using opaque spot colours.
If my assumption is right you should pay special attention to overprints.
In normal circumstances you should either set all colours to overprint or else make colour traps (strokes in the same colour as the (non-overprinting) fills, but set to overprint).
Overprint Preview will show you the colours as if they were transparent but pay no attention to that.
The purpose of traps is to ensure that you don't get white contours when the colours don't register properly.
Here's a little example (the shot was done with Overprint Preview turned on):
On the left no provision has been made for misregister. You get ugly white areas if the design doesn't register properly
In the centre the star has been set to overprint so misregister is not a problem. If you are using opaque ink, neither is the colour. Yellow will remain yellow.
On the right the star has a trap. You can use this method if your inks are not opaque. But remember that the trap will be slightly visible, so keep it minimal.

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