Reply To: Going Crazy – Mixed Gray / Color PDf

Robert –

I don’t know about your printer, but some of them don’t switch from a Color click to a B&W click in the same document (even Xeroxes can be like this). You may have to print covers and insides separately. If it has 2 trays, it may be able to collate for you after. It’s a pain, but that’s why some print shops charge more for mixed Color/B&W than just Color alone.

Go back to your PDF Export Settings and try these:

1. General: Standard PDF/x 1a:2001, Acrobat 4
2. Compression: Do not Downsample (all 3)*,
check Compress Text and Line Art, check Crop Image Data to Frames
3. Marks and Bleeds: Uncheck all Marks, Bleed: .125 on all sides
4. Output: Convert to Destination: US Web Coated (SWOP) v2,
Ink Manager: check All Spots to Process (if needed)
5. Advanced: Transparency Flattener: High Resolution
6. Save Preset

You can also try cleaning up your PDF by Exporting to PostScript and loading it in Distiller.

Colleen
Graphic Design/Prepress