I have set up a whole-new black called New black, using 100 percent black only. Works great for us and our printers. -- Scott White Media Production Manager AlaMark Technologies 210-704-8239 swhite at alamark.com
> From: Daniel Osborn <Daniel.Osborn at tomtom.com> > Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 19:57:59 +0200 > To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: CMYK problems > > Hi, > > > > I have some questions about creating pdf files for a printer. To try and > get it right, I'm currently doing the following: > > 1. Only use cmyk .eps images. > > 2. Set GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK to 'Printing' > > 3. Save as pdf rather than print to pdf. > > 4. Convert the resulting pdf to cmyk using Quite a box of tricks. > > > > I use save as pdf because I found that the images lost a lot of quality > when the pdf was converted to cmyk, although I think this may have been > before I started using .eps images. > > > > The files I generated have been printed with very good results. Many > thanks to everyone on the list who helped me get to this stage when I > first had to produce a file for a printer. > > > > I'm now delivering to a different printer and they don't like the > colours in the pdf. The images are not a problem, it's the colours used > for text, thumb tabs and shading in tables. > > In FM, the colours are defined like this: > > Black K 100% > > Red M 90% Y 86% > > Grey K 30% > > And I have some text in an .eps image which is defined as K 100%. > > > > In the pdf the colours have these values: > > Black C 75% M 68% Y 67% B 90% > > Red C 3% M 100% Y 100% > > Grey C 21% M 16% Y 16% > > And the black text in the .eps image is C 75% M 69% Y 62% B 75% > > > > The printer is saying that the 'black' text will come out as a muddy > brown with misregistration issues (not sure what that means) and he is > also not happy with the other colours. > > > > I used the Output preview tool in Acrobat Pro 7 to get these figures > (and so did the printer). > > > > I've tried printing to pdf with the same result and also changing > GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK to None, with the same result. Can anyone > help me with this? I can understand that some colours will change > slightly but I don't understand why black comes out like this and also > why the black in an .eps image has changed so much. > > > > I'm also a little confused that the last printer didn't have any > problems with the files, at least none that he told me about. > > > > I'm using Framemaker 7.2p158. The printer suggested I use FM 6 on the > Mac instead... > > > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > > > Daniel Osborn | Technical Writer | TomTom | daniel.osborn at tomtom.com | > +31 (0) 20 8500 934 office > > > > > > This e-mail message contains information which is confidential and may be > privileged. It is intended for use by the addressee only. If you are not the > intended addressee, we request that you notify the sender immediately and > delete or destroy this e-mail message and any attachment(s), without copying, > saving, forwarding, disclosing or using its contents in any other way. TomTom > N.V., TomTom International BV or any other company belonging to the TomTom > group of companies will not be liable for damage relating to the communication > by e-mail of data, documents or any other information. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as swhite at alamark.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/swhite%40alamark.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
