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Hello everybody,

I have designed a logo in Affinity, chosen PANTONE colours and exported the file into PDF.

My client is having troubles with it as he says printers are opening the file in CMYK, PANTONE colour don't exist anymore.

 

What am I doing wrong? How can I export or save my file for a final art for printers?

Thanks for your help.

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Hello, can you specify? Designer or Photo? Which preset do you chose for export?

Hello

 

I have the same problem. AD - I make a file with pantone colour, then export to PDF, then I open it again and the colours are CMYK

I tried PDF for print preset, with "Honour pantone" on

and other pdf presets

 

any other way?

Thanks

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Are you sure the Pantone colour you picked was a spot colour and not a process colour? Process Pantone colours export as CMYK; only spot colours export as spot. That is why the export option is Honour spot colours, not Honour Pantone colours. Spot colours will have the word "Spot" in the Colour tab, and their icon will have a dot in the Swatches tab.

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On 3/9/2016 at 5:08 AM, saraalonso said:

Hello everybody,

I have designed a logo in Affinity, chosen PANTONE colours and exported the file into PDF.

My client is having troubles with it as he says printers are opening the file in CMYK, PANTONE colour don't exist anymore.

 

What am I doing wrong? How can I export or save my file for a final art for printers?

Thanks for your help.

If you want the Pantone to follow into PDF you have to USE PANTONE FORMULA GUIDE because they are spot. PANTONE COLOR BRIDGE are not spot.

I wish I could export EPS with Pantone like a professional!

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