printer driver instance for "Acrobat Distiller" should
be set to "Yes". This makes sure that any text or vector
graphics, for which R=G=B (i.e., grayscale including pure black),
yields grayscale PostScript. These options are automatically
set correctly for the "Adobe PDF" printer instance for Acrobat 6
under Windows.
Another approach is just leave the PDF file in RGB.
Contrary to bubbameisers and other urban legends, there
is absolutely nothing wrong with RGB, but rather with
prepress service (alleged) professionals who claim that
you cannot properly print RGB PDF. Bull! Using the "Advanced"
function of Acrobat's print menu, one can EASILY map Microsoft's
flavour of RGB (actually normally sRGB by default) to SWOP CMYK.
It is the same exact code used in Photoshop or any other Adobe
tools for conversion upstream.
- Dov
At 7/23/2003 07:10 AM, Larry wrote:
"Does anyone knows how to create a pre-press ready PDF using Microsoft Word on a Windows PC ? My main concern is that the PDFs I create from Word have RGB images and not CMYK ones. I am using Acrobat 6."
It's a RGB world in MS products. A couple of choices. Create your PDF from word in the normal fashion, which of course will be RGB, then convert to CMYK via PittStop or QBT. OR, place the Word file into InDesign, and use InDesign's PDF export function with CMYK selected under color. ID will do the conversion. OR, open the RGB PDF with Illustrator 9 or 10, change document color space to CMYK, select all and convert to CMYK. Resave.
Larry Grohman
SS Fort Worth
