Equivalent PDF Export options for InDesign "Convert to Destination (preserve numbers)" Option

[Ken Hjulstrom]

Hi,

My organization is switching to a new print shop, and the new print shop has provide the following information regarding how I should prepare the PDF document for submission:

"only thing I would suggest is exporting the PDF with Output set to "Convert to Destination (preserve numbers)" and use the "US Web Coated (SWOP) v2" color profile"

I'm currently using the following Export options, which work well for our current print shop:

• Compatability: PDF/X-4
• Color Space: As Document
• Profile: Use document profile
• Convert image color spaces: Unchecked
• Honor spot colors:  Checked
• Overprint black: Checked

I'm assuming that I should set the "Profile" export option to be "US Web Coated (SWOP) v2", but what combination of the other settings are equivalent to the InDesign "Convert to Destination (preserve numbers)" specification?

Thanks!

Ken

 

 

I know that my "Profile" export option 

[thomaso]

26 minutes ago, Ken Hjulstrom said:

what combination of the other settings are equivalent to the InDesign "Convert to Destination (preserve numbers)" specification?

This export option does not exist in Affinity. As workaround you could adjust the document's colour setting before export: In the Document Properties -> Colour select the required profile + activate the button "Assign" + confirm "OK". Then in the export dialog keep colour space & profile set to "… Document …":

• Color Space: As Document
• Profile: Use document profile

Unfortunately, the lack of this InDesign export option also means that you can't create an Affinity export preset with this required settings.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[Ken Hjulstrom]

Hi lacerto,

Thank you for the detailed information.  Since I don't have direct contact with the new print shop representative, it's a bit difficult to get any more parameters from them than the one I posted here intiailly, but I used a "Compatibility" value of PDF/X4 for the current print shop, so I'm going to stick with that unless the new print shop has a problem with that setting, at which time I'll be able to work with them directly to sort out any parameter issues.  I'm preparing a magazine that contains articles from a variety of authors, and most of the submitted articles are accompanied by image files that come from all sorts of sources.  I don't believe, though, that any of the images particularly contain CMYK colors, and I use Affinity Photo to convert all submitted image files to TIFF for inclusion in the magazine file.  I'm not sure if this conversion guarantees that all of the image files will contain RGB colors only, though.

Your comment about PDF/X-4 not converting color spaces led to something interesting in my Publisher Export dialog.  As I stated in my initial post, I've been using PDF/X-4 Compatibility, and with the "Convert color spaces" checkbox unchecked.  Just for fun, I tried checking that box while I still had the PDF/X-4 compatibility specified, and clicking on the unchecked checkbox had no effect, which makes sense to me, if PDF/X-4 doesn't support color space conversion.  I then switched the compatibility to "PDF/X-3 2003", and I was then able to check the "Convert color spaces checkbox".  But I then switched the compatibility setting back to PDF/X-4, expecting that the "Convert color spaces" checkbox would once again become unchecked, but to my surprise, it remained checked!  I then unchecked that box, and I was unable to check it after that.  A UI bug, perhaps?

Thanks again for your help,

Ken

 

[lacerto]

Obsolete.