HANDJOJO Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Dear All, I should report again about the colour cast when Print as PDF (through Print Menu in Affinity Publisher, the colour tendency to Bright with Background layer colour in Pantone Colour (document setting is CMYK Japan Colour 2001 Coated) and to be colour cast when background layer is JPG (take from asset), however when Export to PDF no colour cast as per screen shot below. A. Print as PDF Sample 1 with background Pantone Colour Result Direct Print as PDF The Colour to be Brighter *Export as PDF B. Print as PDF Sample 2 with background JPG (Gradation Colour) *Direct Print as PDF (Colour Cast) *Export as PDF (Same Background with JPG, however the colour is correct as document) * Print Menu as PDF Export Menu as PDF Please investigate why there are the different result between Export as PDF and Print as PDF, frankly speaking I need the solution for this phenomenon due I frequently create document through Print as PDF, along with this report I send the Afpub file. Awaiting the solution and information. Best regards, Handjojo Test Colour Cast to PDF.afpub Direct Print as PDF.pdf Direct Print as PDF_2.pdf Export as PDF.pdf Export as PDF_2.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 25, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hi @HANDJOJO, We never recommend "Print to PDF" as you have no control over colour spaces, icc profiles, etc, and it's all controlled by your "pdf printer" drivers. Export to PDF should give you way better control (and most likely more accurate) and results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANDJOJO Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 57 minutes ago, Gabe said: Hi @HANDJOJO, We never recommend "Print to PDF" as you have no control over colour spaces, icc profiles, etc, and it's all controlled by your "pdf printer" drivers. Export to PDF should give you way better control (and most likely more accurate) and results. Thanks Gabe for your information, anyway what's the mean controlled by the "pdf printer"? the question why when printing there are the PDF Option? Sorry I don't mean to compare with other products that the color accuracy is the same for both method by Print as PDF or export as PDF. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 25, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 25, 2020 When you print, PDF options (like the ones you see in the PDF export) are handled by the drivers, and not by us. A 3rd party app (Adobe PDF in your case) handles the creation of that PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hi HANDJOJO, Just as a point of interest, why do you want to print to PDF rather than exporting as a PDF? Have you tried other PDF virtual printers, such as Primo? Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANDJOJO Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 Dear All, Many thanks for the information and the advise, the reason is I want to sort the page with the right facing page, and then make it into a pdf via the print as booklet menu, so the first and last pages are the covers to be the same sheet, although I can using the left facing page method and then export as a pdf, but I have trouble putting the material according to the page if the page too much. However I will try trough export as PDF instead of print as pdf. B/regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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