Thanks Daniel. I will have her try your suggestions.
Scott White Media Production Manager Implementation Coordinator 210-704-8239 swhite at alamark.com On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Daniel Doornbos wrote: > Scott, > > You can get FM to do color separations but it's kind of tricky. > FM's default color setting recognizes the process colors: cyan, > magenta, > yellow, and black; and also "spot" colors: red, green, and blue. > > Based on the information you supplied, this is how I would approach > the > project: > 1. Pick a name for the spot color, such as "blue." > 2. Whatever text or graphic you want in the spot color, set it to > blue. > For text, color settings are in the Character or Paragraph Designer > dialog box. For lines and graphics, color settings are in the Tools > Palette. > 3. When you are ready to output, in the Print dialog box, set your > printer, such as Adobe PDF. > 4. Click on the Separations Setup button. > 5. Under Plate Assignments, move Black and Blue under "Print As Spot" > and all other colors under "Don't Print." > 6. Click the Set button. > 7. Check the Print to File box and verify the file name and location > with a ".ps" file name. > 8. Print the PostScript file, then distill it. > The resulting PDF will have two pages, one that is called black, > another > that is called blue. > Tell the printer that the blue plate is prints in the specified spot > color. > > Any graphics imported into FM will print on the black plate. The > colors > will appear on-screen, but they will print in grayscale. At least they > did on my system. > > The fact that the printer wants separations suggests this project > is an > offset print job. If the printer (company) is making film negatives, > there may be a specific printer (output device) driver that the author > should use to output the project from FM to a PostScript file, rather > than making a PDF with the standard Adobe PDF driver. FM is not a > common > authoring tool for projects that are offset printed, so there may be a > little negotiation with the printer to reach a solution. > > Wishing you success. > > Daniel Doornbos > Technical Writer > Promise Technology, Inc. > 408 228-1437 > danield at promise.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+danield=promise.com at lists.frameusers.com] On > Behalf Of Scott White > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:44 AM > To: Framers > Subject: Color seperation help > > > I have a client who is running windows xp and Frame 7.2. She sent > her files to the printer for a two-color job -- a black plate and a > spot color plate. > Her printer is telling her that her file is coming out on four plates > thus cmyk when it is distilled. We went through her settings in frame > and distiller and she has her files set correctly. Since I do al > color work in Frame on my MAC is there something I'm missing on the > PC settings to ensure a good file output for a two-color job? > > Thanks for the help. > > > Scott White > Media Production Manager > Implementation Coordinator > 210-704-8239 > swhite at alamark.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as danield at promise.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/danield% > 40promise.co > m > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
