Check PDFs when exporting

[RyS]

PDFs exported from Publisher do not offer any checking for errors. As an example, if an RGB image is inserted in a CMYK document it will be embedded in the PDF as RGB even if the colour space is set to CMYK. I usually use Acrobat Pro to view PDFs produced to send to a print shop even though InDesign gives a summary of the PDF properties. Mistakes can happen, but at present they will not be picked up if relying solely upon Publisher, and if someone is using Publisher are they likely to be using Acrobat Pro or any costly alternative that provides print production features? The print shop could be relied upon to check the PDF but this hardly seems a professional approach.

[Fixx]

Preflight is needed feature but I think it will not be in the release version. Later on, yes. Before that, we just have to be careful out there.

[TonyB]

On 10/9/2018 at 8:32 AM, RyS said:

PDFs exported from Publisher do not offer any checking for errors. As an example, if an RGB image is inserted in a CMYK document it will be embedded in the PDF as RGB even if the colour space is set to CMYK. I usually use Acrobat Pro to view PDFs produced to send to a print shop even though InDesign gives a summary of the PDF properties. Mistakes can happen, but at present they will not be picked up if relying solely upon Publisher, and if someone is using Publisher are they likely to be using Acrobat Pro or any costly alternative that provides print production features? The print shop could be relied upon to check the PDF but this hardly seems a professional approach.

If you pick one the the Prepress PDF standards like PDF/X-1a:2003 then and RGB images will be converted to CMYK for you.

We do need to add preflight check for other items in the future but source image colourspace shouldn't be one of them.

 

 

[RyS]

Thanks Tony, but I do feel that an option should be greyed out if it is not available - so if no conversion no colourspace option. Glad to hear that preflight checking is being considered though.