I have a Pagestream file in which I have defined a spot colour.

If I print the file to CUPS(PDF) as "separations", I get the required pages in the resulting PDF. One for each plate that I've selected to print, including the spot colour. Good.

But when I print a composite (colour) PDF to CUPS, and then open it up in Adobe Acrobat to check the seps, it doesn't recognise the spot colour... it just shows the four CMYK seps. The object (text, atually...) in the file that is meant to be just the spot colour is separating out into CMYK.

Similarly, when I save the file as PDF directly from Pagestream (i.e. file>save as PDF), and then open the resulting PDF in Acrobat and check the output preview for seps, it's the same -- i.e. no spot colour, just the CMYK seps.

Any ideas how to get the spot colour recognised by Acrobat? This is necessary because I need to make files for printers who will be wanting to print spot colours.

David

Hello David,

> I have a Pagestream file in which I have defined a spot colour.
>
> If I print the file to CUPS(PDF) as "separations", I get the required pages in the resulting PDF. One for each plate that I've selected to print, including the spot colour. Good.
>
> But when I print a composite (colour) PDF to CUPS, and then open it up in Adobe Acrobat to check the seps, it doesn't recognise the spot colour... it just shows the four CMYK seps. The object (text, atually...) in the file that is meant to be just the spot colour is separating out into CMYK.
>
> Similarly, when I save the file as PDF directly from Pagestream (i.e. file>save as PDF), and then open the resulting PDF in Acrobat and check the output preview for seps, it's the same -- i.e. no spot colour, just the CMYK seps.
>
> Any ideas how to get the spot colour recognised by Acrobat? This is necessary because I need to make files for printers who will be wanting to print spot colours.
>
> David
>
>

PageStream does not write spot color information to either output
method. You create the seps in PageStream. Happy to add that information
to one of the two, but you have to pick PDF or PostScript.

Deron

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Deron Kazmaier - support@pagestream.org
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.pagestream.org
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

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On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 11:27 -0600, PageStream Support wrote:

>
> PageStream does not write spot color information to either output
> method. You create the seps in PageStream. Happy to add that
> information
> to one of the two, but you have to pick PDF or PostScript.
>
> Deron