PANTONE/RGB COLORS

[wgwild]

I imported an indesign PDF file that is 24 pages long. It has several color graphics (photos, clipart). I am exporting this file as a PDF to my print house but they keep sending me errors that the file contains PANTONE colors and/or RGB. They state that the colors will be converted to CYMK which might cause color shifting. What can I do to fix this.

 

2019-2020_Program_Guide.afpub

Edited July 29, 2019 by wgwild
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[thomaso]

I can't open your .afpub. In both retail and beta version I get the error message "Failed to open file ... The file type is not supported".

[Dan C]

On 7/29/2019 at 9:41 PM, thomaso said:

In both retail and beta version I get the error message "Failed to open file ... The file type is not supported".

I'm seeing the same, could you please try uploading your file again wgwild? 

[thomaso]

Possibly there is no "error" as a technical issue and you simply need to use PDF settings according to your printer requests, then you may achieve a PDF without PANTONE and RGB with a pure CMYK export. As in this setting for instance:

Pull-down menus: In case your document color space is RGB then you must select CMYK for export, otherwise you may use "As Document" and "Document Profile" (as it appears by default).

[Joachim_L]

The PDF with errors posted here would be nice, since we have no separations preview or preflight in Publisher (hinthint). Spot colours are quite invisible in Publisher. Publisher imports them correctly, but they do not appear as such in the colour panel even, when a palette is created from document.

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, Joachim_L said:

Publisher imports them correctly, but they do not appear as such in the colour panel even,

Good point. Whereas I just made a slightly different experience: I placed a PDF which includes a spot color. I can detect it as spot color in the colors panel, though unfortunately ONLY if I open the placed resource with double-click. That workflow is kind of stupid because it demands to select a placed object to detect spot colors in a document.

Hinthint-hint: Indeed, it would be so helpful if a formerly assigned swatch would appear in the swatches lists (for both imported and copied/pasted objects) – even though and even then one would still have to click through the color palettes pull-down menu to search for a possibly highlighted swatch of a selected object. – Also I wonder for what purpose the Color Picker Tool does not recognize or differentiate the spot color property.

EDIT, addition: I can't see a way at all to detect a spot colors OVERPRINT property of a placed resource. Such an object neither does appear/look as overprinting (but 100% opaque instead) nor does the color panel inform about this property as usual for overprinting global color swatches (and as it does for placed spot colorized objects).