Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
I brought the files into Acrobat 8. Printing to preflight clicked the "list non CMYK Objects". The result was "no problems found." This says to me that it is CMYK, or am I missing something?
Albacore are you saying you can't use shadows and bevels in anything you are going to PDF through XX?
Mickie
Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
In a lot of cases you will get a white transparent square when you view it in Acro which obviously you didn't get. You have stated that it went through distiller and it came out with no errors. I would ask the printer where the errors were as you had checked and as it is not the first time that a printer has wanted extra money for resetting a graphic up stating a spot colour or graphic were incorrect. I always go along to printers if I have not worked with them before to see what they want and how they want it an establish some form of relationship with one person of that company. If it was for a small run your chances of getting a reply is very small. When doing small runs I tend to use a local large format laser shop where the need for conversion to CMYK is small as the software that runs the laser will rip the colour info from the PDF file.
Sorry to take so long to answer your reply as I have just change ISP and I was down for a day. Also have a look at Gary's workbook here on PDF's and preflight in Acro 7: http://www.xaraxone.com/webxealot/workbook42/page_3.htm
Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
Thanks. I did look at Gary's workbook. Unfortunately, I am not the one dealing with the printer. The client prefers to do this himself. I just want my client to know that it passed the acrobat test.
Mickie
Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
Any pdf/x you use changes all colors to cmyk.
Also in your Press menu, make sure you have web coated as your color profile.
Oh I forgot make sure you resolution in the pdf export is set to 300 dpi.
Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
Mickie
I wonder if this is a problem with your printing professional and not your file?
I have tested many Xara PDF/X files in Acrobat and they have been CMYK unless there were Pantone spot colors in which case they showed up as well in the Ink Manager.
My understanding is that all of the things that normally cause a file to be RGB, shadows, bevels, etc. are treated in Xtreme's PDF/X as CMYK.
Perhaps you could post the file or send the file to Xara and have them check it to see if there are RGB elements.
Gary
Re: PDF question: RGB/CMYK?
Thanks behzad and Gary. I have talked to my client and he will be talking to the printer when he picks up his job. If the printer still insists it was RGB, I will go over and talk to him about it. This is a client I've had for several years and he updates his brochures at least once a year, so I want to be sure we can get this straightened out for the future. If the print shop was just trying to make an extra $50, I'll try to get my client to change printers. If there is a problem with the files, I'll have learned something.
Thanks for the input.
Mickie