Need Spot Colors In PDF

[mwenz]

Hi Blazer--use the Export menu selection. Choose PDF as the export type. Accept the defaults (at least I didn't change them).

Open the PDF in Acrobat. Choose the separation preview. You should see the Pantone inks.

Take care, Mike

[mwenz]

I should add that for the composite that your printer may not care that it is a Pantone composite. As a composite, it is really a representation of how the final should look.

That said, the composite also can be used by the printer for outputting directly to the film as they can control the ink output individually.

Oh. Another thing. Some of the inks should be set for trapping. With the composite they can deal with it. Trapping allows a little smidgen for one color (or more) to slightly overlap another color so registration does not have to be more precise than their equipment can handle.

For your composite, I would ask your printer which colors should have trapping, if any.

take care, Mike