Need help exporting Logo

[Wolfgang]

Thanks once again for clarification Minimiro!

But what if I send the enclosed file (the PDF above) to the printers?
Will THEY be able to open it as 2 colors or not?

I mean, is this only a Photoshop-thingie and the printers will do it totally different or will they have "just" a CMYK-file too ??

btw: I sent the PDF to the printers, asking just that, but have not gotten an answer yet.
Commercial companies ALWAYS act way slower than the Talkgraphics-community ;-)

Wolfgang

[minimiro]

PDF is only with 2 colors (if everything is made right )

If they try to open PDF with photoshop, this will be first print company which try to open and edit PDF trought Pshop )))

[Wolfgang]

Alright, that's what I needed to hear...
Still no answer from the printers of course, but this gives me hope!

Thank you once again!

Wolfgang

[Albacore]

Wolfgang why get hung up in the 2 spot colours? In my experience the difference in a larger run, over 5,000, is not a very large price difference. Any runs under 1000 it is not worth using that type of printing in a normal layout then they would just use a laser printer using 4 colours again. All of this is current information on the two printing firms that I use in Scotland.

[Wolfgang]

Hi Albacore,

generally, you are absolutely right!

However, it's a bit different this time.
My client (whom I made the logo for) is a tax accountant.

One of HIS clients is this rather small printing company.
And that's why everything will be printed there.
Sadly, they only have a 1-color printing machine and that's why in this case it makes a real difference.

Sometimes the reasons are not only technical ... ;-)

On another note, I just got info from the printers that they can NOT color-separate the logo to two colors. Black is fine, but the "spot color" spreads over all plates.

It seems, that Xara ALWAYS introduces new colors in gradients, even if the basic colors are defined as spot?

Or am I still doing something wrong ??
I now exported from Xara (4) in every vector-format there is and sent it to them.
Maybe they can use one of those other versions ...

Is there any difference in the ai/eps-export modules of XXP4 and XXP5 that anybody would know of?
My 5-trial is still working, so if it makes a difference I could try exporting with the newer version.

Any other tipps how I could restrict gradients to TWO colors (plates) only ??

Guys, even if I am not around that often anymore, I still would not know what to do without Talkgraphics!


Wolfgang

[David O'Neil]

By definition, isn't a spot color a pure color? Therefore, the only way to make a gradient into a pure color is to do the screening yourself? As an example, here is the white portion of your graphic using one screen technique. (Actually, it isn't really a screen, but it is the best I can do quickly.)

David

[minimiro]

........I just got info from the printers that they can NOT color-separate the logo to two colors. Black is fine, but the "spot color" spreads over all plates.

Is it possible, to sent me your PDF which they cant separate, to see what you made there?

[Wolfgang]

Is it possible, to sent me your PDF which they cant separate, to see what you made there?

I just sent the file to the E-mail given on your homepage.
If you find anything to fix this, it would help me a lot!

Thank you so much

Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

Success !!!!

I just got a call from the printers and it finally works perfectly, color separation and all!

All my thanks go to minimiro, I could not have done it without you!
Sorry for being a bit thick when interpreting your instructions, and thanks for your patience!

Wolfgang

[minimiro]

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