west1849 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Normally I have been doing Magazines, but now I am venturing into the book world. This book interior is B&W, set on CMYK, but when I upload it to Ingram Spark I get an error (FYI, I also have errors on the cover as well but I would like deal with this first) If read this correctly it is telling me that it is set as RGB not CMYK and that my PDF setting are not correct. Can anyone with more experance tell me what I am looking at??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbasdf Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 What file format are you uploading to Ingram Spark? PDF? Please show (screenshot) the export options when you export from Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbasdf Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I believe the "PDF (digital - high quality)" preset will use a RGB colour space. You can check by clicking the "More" button. For CMYK output I would use the "PDF (for print)" or "PDF (press ready)". You might need to adjust some of the other settings (in the "More" dialog) as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Bingo, your right. I will re-upload and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Dang, I was hoping this would an easy fix. As far as I can tell the only change is the message now shows it in the right color space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, west1849 said: This book interior is B&W, set on CMYK, Why not choosing grayscale as color space? This would output 1 color ink channel only (Black). Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 I will give it a shot and see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 GrayScale does not work either. I would post a photo but it would just look like the last ones I posted. Anyone out there with experance dealing with Ingram Spark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 Did some digging on Ingram Sparks website, they recomend the PDF be converted to PDF/X-1a:2001. Thats not someing Affinty Publisher has for an option. Any suggestions out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbasdf Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Found this thread, which might be useful? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/85803-affinity-and-ingram-spark/&do=findComment&comment=466815 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Thank you pbasdf, that was helpful and I did get all of that file fixed, now I have one issue left and its with the cover. My image is 300DPI by it lists the image as 96?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, west1849 said: Thank you pbasdf, that was helpful and I did get all of that file fixed, now I have one issue left and its with the cover. My image is 300DPI by it lists the image as 96?? I see that the image is roughly six inches by three and a half inches and you have stretched it out to 19 by 11 inches. Of course the placed DPI/PPI is going to be lower. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west1849 Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Thank you, it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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