Whoa, I hadn't noticed the versions you were using. For all I know, it's been fixed since FM 10. FM got an entirely new PDF engine in FM 2019.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 2:57 PM Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm the wrong person to ask. :-) > > I would suggest logging a bug or feature request at the Adobe Tracker: > https://tracker.adobe.com/#/home > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 2:26 PM Mike Wickham <i...@mikewickham.com> wrote: > >> In the meantime, I believe I've found the sad answer to my question. >> Overprint settings only work when printing _separations_ to PDF. This is >> ridiculous! They should work on composite PDFs, too! >> >> So, in the end, creating an Overprint Black color definition,and >> assigning it to appropriate paragraph formats on the body page and to >> the line rules on the master page is all that is necessary. It just does >> not work with composite PDFs. Does anyone send separations to their >> printer, rather than a composite PDF in this day and age? >> >> Mike Wickham >> >> Hi, all, >> >> >> >> I'm having issues getting overprint settings to work. I have a document >> >> that has a full-page, solid-color graphic imported and filling the >> >> entire master page background. So the page is not white, but has a >> >> color. I want to overprint black text on it, rather than have the text >> >> knockout the background and risk registration issues at press time. But >> >> I cannot get overprint to work. The text keeps knocking out the >> >> background. Here is what I have done: >> >> >> >> 1. I created a color definition called Overprint Black, set to Process, >> >> CMYK, 0% CMY and 100% black, and Overprint. >> >> >> >> 2. I assigned Overprint Black as the text color for all text formats on >> >> the body page. I thought this would be enough, but it wasn't so, I did >> >> the following in progressive steps. >> >> >> >> 3. On the master page, I set Object Properties of all text frames and >> >> the background EPS graphic to Overprint. I found some Adobe help that >> >> says that EPS files don't overprint, so I tried with a TIF background >> >> graphic instead. Same result. >> >> >> >> 4. On the reference page, I set the Object Properties of the Single >> Line >> >> background frame item (there are a couple of these on the page) to >> >> Color: Overprint Black and Overprint: Overprint. >> >> >> >> So I have text color, text frames, and even the graphic (though it is >> >> behind everything) set to overprint. I expect text and single line >> rules >> >> to overprint the colored background graphic. But they all knock out the >> >> background graphic. >> >> >> >> Using File>Print with printer set to Adobe PDF (with and without print >> >> to file) I generate a complete PDF, using FrameMaker 10 and Acrobat >> >> 2017. The PDF is beautiful, but the Object Inspector in Acrobat shows >> >> "Overprint=False" for everything. And if I look at separations, the >> >> non-black plates are, indeed, knocked out. >> >> >> >> I have been away from FrameMaker for a while, so am a little rusty. >> What >> >> am I missing? Why is Overprint not working? >> >> >> >> Mike Wickham >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> >> >> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com >> >> Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >> >> Archives located at >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >> >> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >> >> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >> >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This message is from the Framers mailing list >> >> Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com >> Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >> Archives located at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >> Subscribe and unsubscribe at >> http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >> Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com >> > > > -- > Lin Sims > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
