PDF export as separation

[lcbarker]

I'd like to send a pdf file to the printer for 4 color printing. That means a 4 color separation. Xara has the PDF/X preset for using with printers, but I don't see any option for separation output. When I print through the CutePDF printer the separations appear fine in Acrobat Reader, but not when I export from Xara.

What am I missing?

Thanks

Les

[alexbozhenov]

Are you sure you have to make color separation at your end? It's kind of non-sense to me... Maybe they meant just CMYK PDF file?

[lcbarker]

Alex,

Thanks for your comments. I followed up with the printer and, no, I don't have to do the separations. With a previous printer they wanted me to do them. So I'm clear. But I guess I'm still confused as to why Xara doesn't do it when Draw and others will. Or how does it do it and I'm just missing something.

Les

[amoore]

Press the Options button in the Print dialog to get to the Seps tab. To create the seps in a pdf, you'll have to print to the pdf converter/generator (Acrobat, Jaws, whatever).

Don't use one of the freebie converters. They're not designed for professional work.

I suspect that the Seps tools have not been included in the pdf filter because most printers do the seps these days. I haven't needed to do them for anything other than PMS jobs in several years.