Preflight question - customize profiles?

[wonderings]

So I just updated Publisher (and Photo) today, they did not show up in the app store under updates, had to just re-download the app for some strange reason Designer was there... but that is not what this post is about.

I was happy to see a preflight option added and began looking at it. Is there no way to customized the preflight checks? For me it was specifically for colour. There are jobs that will be 2 spot/pantone colours, or 1 spot 1 black, etc. I have a range of custom preflight checks depending on the job I am working on in Indesign and it was simple and easy to make a usable preflight. It looks like I can only set it to check that it matches the colour space of the document or am I missing something somewhere? I barely use the software yet as PDF handling is still horrible (re: fonts) so could be I just need to look in the right place. 

[Pauls]

We dont yet have the spot colour checking that I think you are looking for

[Pauls]

I guess you're looking to check for a specific number of spot colours ?

[wonderings]

6 hours ago, Pauls said:

I guess you're looking to check for a specific number of spot colours ?

Yes, Some jobs would be 1 spot + Black, others 2 Spots, etc. I have profiles for these in Indesign, it is super quick to make sure that aspect of the job is ok. It would be nice to create different profiles for different types of jobs. In Indesign you can create a preflight profile, have it allow 1 spot, 2 spot, or as many as you want plus a ton of other helpful features that really make the preflight something functional for everyone as it can be tailored for your own needs. 

[Paul Mc]

On 2/28/2020 at 2:10 PM, Pauls said:

I guess you're looking to check for a specific number of spot colours ?

Hi @Pauls is there any progress with this? I'm working with several clients all of whom have style guides and particular palettes used in the work I do for them. A lot of source material arrives in any old format and one job I'm expected to do (repeatedly!) is migrate the colours to a set of spots. Verifying that I've finished the the colour settings on the job I find difficult in AD. The preflight/separation/ink manager stuff in Adobe worked a treat in this regard. Now I have to rely on a friend to do the checks which isn't ideal. If I'm missing a trick here I'd love to know what others do in this regard.

[Pauls]

It's on a list of things to do but I cant give a timescale

[Paul Mc]

Thanks @Pauls The Select Same feature on the last release was a great help in this regard. This feature, though, would complete the toolset for this type of work.