Ink Management and Plate Separation Output

[Mark Oehlschlager]

Is it possible build press-ready documents in the Affinity Suite apps where one can control the inks used (CMYK and spot inks), and where one can both proof the color separation, and be able to output black & white color separation files complete with registration and printer's marks?

[stokerg]

Hi Mark Oehlschlager,

You can create print ready CMYK documents, Spot Colours, Registration Marks and Print Marks (these two  are options when exporting to PDF) but we don't have colour separation previews at this stage.

[Dazmondo77]

On 10/1/2020 at 9:11 PM, Mark Oehlschlager said:

Is it possible build press-ready documents in the Affinity Suite apps where one can control the inks used (CMYK and spot inks), and where one can both proof the color separation, and be able to output black & white color separation files complete with registration and printer's marks?

Yes please -

Only current options is ADOBE or Callas pdftoolbox(£500) - I use acrobat pro 9 which is ten years old and 32 bit but it still does the job to preview separations and check PDF compliance and all the stuff you NEEEED to check before sending off to your print service provider - you can also output proper vector CMYK proofs from Acrobat (and acrobat reader) which is something you can't do in Affinity apps (WHAT!) this really needs to change, five years is a long time to wait for basics

[lacerto]

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[Felipe FM]

On 10/2/2020 at 10:29 AM, stokerg said:

Hi Mark Oehlschlager,

You can create print ready CMYK documents, Spot Colours, Registration Marks and Print Marks (these two  are options when exporting to PDF) but we don't have colour separation previews at this stage.

Is separation preview somewhere in the roadmap? This is a serious issue for printing. Thanks!

[commaimagination]

Using Channel Panel in Photo Persona is not a full solution because you can't check Pantone Colors, Custom Spot (like Spot varnish).