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We print in very low quality through an RGB driver to a CMYK printer and colour accuracy is not critical. Most of our work is black only and we want to use CMY inks only as far as possible to use them up.

How do we choose the best settings in AD (in RGB or CMYK) so that the print work goes through the RGB driver and then prints with as little K as possible and as much CMY as possible?

Mark

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5 minutes ago, Mark.T said:

How do we choose the best settings in AD (in RGB or CMYK) so that the print work goes through the RGB driver and then prints with as little K as possible and as much CMY as possible?

I do not think there are any settings in AD that would do that.

But depending on your OS and printer, there may be settings you can use in your printer, which may be accessible from the Print dialog in AD.

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14 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

I do not think there are any settings in AD that would do that.

But depending on your OS and printer, there may be settings you can use in your printer, which may be accessible from the Print dialog in AD.

I agree that it is not an AD 'thing' but I hoped this would be a suitable place to tap into the knowledgeable community found here.

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5 hours ago, BofG said:

I've found this to be true also, I wasted a lot of time/toner/paper trying to get my colour management set up through the CMYK input settings of a postscript printer!

Agreed. AD is the point of origin for the print work but it does not hold the solution to my quest.

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6 hours ago, Lagarto said:

...sending RGB based black and gray will always result in use of K ink, as well as other inks.

Then this path is blocked.

What we print are sewing patterns from PDFs so Plan B is to print black only designs in blue, red, orange (or whatever) and present it as a fun, free upgrade!

Thanks to all for your input.

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