Reply To: How to convert Pantone color swatches to CMYK to make print-ready PDF?

Annette Murray

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July 8, 2014 at 2:04 pm #69378
Annette Murray
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I really don’t like the conversion that InDesign and Illustrator applies to spot Pantone colors to CMYK using LAB.

Convert Pantone 364 C to CMYK in Illustrator or InDesign. See if you like the result.

InDesign and Illustrator put way too much magenta into the conversion. This is just one example. This is an ongoing issue I would like to find an answer too.

Am I missing something that will give me a better conversion (outside of passing a spot color to an external RIP and letting the external RIP convert the color)?

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