How to export grayscale image as grayscale in PDF?

[Ron Duke]

Not that I am aware of. One version back of Acrobat is generally available from some (valid) retailers if one looks hard enough. Still there is a cost. But I cannot imagine doing commercial print without Acrobat. It's not like, at least on Windows, there is need to always update it. I know shops running version 9 still. In fact, version 9 is probably the last "near perfect" version

While I don't need to mix CMYK and gray images--if there is a gray image typically the whole thing is gray--unlike some other applications, I also cannot choose a non-CMYK or RGB ICC/ICM profile for PDF generation. So, for instance, I cannot choose a gray, or B/W, PDF profile from inside XDP. Nor, like other applications, is there an in-built option for choosing Grayscale, or B/W, as a valid output color model.

While the above doesn't help in your case of mixed gray images with colored elements that need to remain colored, it would be nice to at least have the option. I suspect the PDF library Xara uses has that option, just not as an option within Xara applications.

Mike

Mike,
How do I convert a color png to a grayscale png in Acrobat 9 Standard? I can't figure it out.