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• • March 30, 2017 at 11:00 am #93260
    Alastair Chesson

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    This seems so basic I’m scared to ask: if I create a file with spot color and generate a PDF. the separations manager shows CMYK plates as well as the spot color plate. In Swatch Options the Color type is set to Spot; Color Mode is set to Lab.

    Does anyone know why they’re there? Just seems wrong…

  • March 30, 2017 at 11:24 am #93261
    David Blatner

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    Don’t be scared to ask! Always better to ask. :-)

    If you include spot colors in your document, they’ll be in the PDF, too. See this article:
    https://creativepro.com/ink-manager-forget-step-exporting-pdf.php

  • March 30, 2017 at 11:30 am #93262
    Alastair Chesson

    Participant

    Thanks David, however that post is about unwanted spot color, in my case it’s the opposite—I’m only expecting to see spot separations in the PDF, not CMYK.
    I imagine this would be confusing to a printer if I sent it to them.

  • March 30, 2017 at 11:37 am #93263
    Alastair Chesson

    Participant

    Perhaps due to the fact that ID has a Black (K:100) option by default ? Which doesn’t seem to be removable—that might explain the CMYK plates with nothing in them.

  • March 31, 2017 at 6:12 am #93286
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Oh, I see… sorry, didn’t understand. Unfortunately, the Separation Preview pretty much always shows CMYK plates. Same thing in Output Preview in Acrobat. In other words, even if there is nothing on those plates, they still show up in the list.

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