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Acrobat convert to grayscale problem

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    • February 4, 2016 at 7:54 am #81534
      David Peattie
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      I’ve got a long book document (~350 pages long) that I want to convert to grayscale. I’ve got a number of vector images that do not convert to grayscale when I run the “convert to grayscale” preflight in Acrobat DC, but I get no message that indicates it failed. Oddly enough, if I export specific pages and run them one at a time, it works perfectly. Has anyone run into this problem? David Blatner pointed me to a great solution when exporting from InDesign, but I’d love to get this to work properly in Acrobat.

    • February 4, 2016 at 8:54 pm #81568
      Colleen Shannon
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      When a long document fails like that, I always suspect a PostScript problem.
      If you haven’t already:

      Try:
      -Export to PostScript then Distilling first (Try PDFx/1a:2001 Standard)
      -Tools-> Print Production->Convert Colors->Conversion Profile->Gray Gamma 2.2 (or any of the Grays) – Check Preserve Black

      PitStop Pro may not be a long-term solution for you, but you could try it with a trial version.

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