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Dov, Does it really make a difference? Though I'm not a Mac expert it seem to me that: 1) all MS apps print RGB on Mac even though the Mac PS driver natively supports CMYK, 2) Apple appear to have made all sorts of weird workarounds for the sole purpose of having the MS products run at all. Perhaps MS also made a special effort though it seem unlikely when judged on the PS output I've seen. Perhaps Apple thought they'd sell more Macs if they supported MS Office :-). Please correct me if you know any better! Best regards Jacob Schäffer DTP/Technical support -------------------------------------------- Grafikhuset (House of Graphics) Furesøvej 16 DK-3520 Farum Denmark Tel: +45 7011 0999 Fax: +45 4499 7020 Web: http://www.grafikhuset.dk http://www.grafikhuset.net/international Grafikhuset is a full service prepress centre offering * Imaging * Desktop publishing of any kind * Web design and automation * Advanced PDF workflow set-up and tools * Prepress troubleshooting * Education and training * PostScript programming * Specialized software for the Graphic Arts industry -----Original Message----- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mol Pascal Subject: RE: [PDF] CMYK PDF using Microsoft Word The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com __________________________________________________________________ Pascal, Are you running under Windows or Macintosh?!? - Dov At 7/25/2003 01:37 AM, you wrote: >Dov, > >Thanks for information. In fact I am not sure that Word don't keep files CMYK... in fact if I import a RGB image in WORD and create a PDF , Distiller tells me that the file is not compliant due to RGB content. When I import CMYK images in WORD, and create a PDF, Distiller tells me that the file is compliant with PDF-X 3... Moreover when I separate plates, the K plate is ok. > >Pascal. > >Dov Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Pascal, > >Nothing in the Distiller changes the RGB in Word to >CMYK even if you use the PDF/X3 settings. And CMYK images >imported into Word are converted by Word into RGB. > >In fact, it you simply print from Word to the "Adobe PDF" >printer driver instance with the PDFX3 settings as is, no >PDF file will be generated due to the fact that a non-calibrated >RGB colorspace would be in the resultant PDF file. You could >change the options to cause the RGB to be "tagged" but that >wouldn't give you CMYK if that is really what you need! > >- Dov > > >At 7/24/2003 08:10 AM, Mol Pascal wrote: >>Thanks to all for your anwsers. In fact I found a way: I print from Word to Acrobat Printer then run distiller using PDF-X 3 settings. I finally have a PDF-X 3 compliant file (test succeed in Distiller; no RGB anymore since I only use CMYK images in Word). >> >>Pascal. To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
