Reply To: Flattening transparencies with a spot color

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November 6, 2018 at 1:41 pm #111357
David Blatner
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Are your printer’s job options set up for Acrobat 4 compatibility? If so, the transparency is being flattened. It might work out better as PDF/X4.

Also, it may be that it’s working (even as flattened pdf/x1-a), but is not showing up properly in Acrobat. Do you have Overprint Preview turned on in Acrobat?

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