Converting colors and working with Ink Manager
In a perfect world, things happen exactly according to plan. Well, I have not experienced a perfect world yet. And the publishing world is full of surprises. This is where Acrobat comes to the rescue and provides tools to spot potential issues before they become expensive printing problems.
Distiller provides settings before a file is converted in to .pdf
. Once a .pdf
file is created, potential fixes may need to be applied in Acrobat. One of the most common issues is when a document destined for printing uses RGB color space and swatches are defined as RGB instead of CMYK. I also often run into swatches built in error as spot inks when they clearly should be CMYK.
We will use the Convert Colors feature in Acrobat, where you can permanently convert the color definition in the document. Changes will be applied to the entire document. Here are the steps:
- Select Tools | Print Production | Convert Colors to open a dialog box....