More printer issues
Steve Rickaby
srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk
Wed Nov 22 06:46:42 PST 2006
Mac OS X 10.4.8, AdobePS 8.8.0, Acrobat 6 Pro, FrameMaker 6 and 7.0 for Mac.
History: I have taken over a dozen grayscale books to press using a FrameMaker 6 + AdobePS -> PDF workflow, without pain or any objections from printers.
Now, I output a FrameMaker 6 greyscale book and the printers complain that it's full of RGB objects - which it isn't.
Acrobat 6 Pro's separations preview shows only CMYK and three spot grays, as expected and intended. However, if I run 6 Pro's '4c+spot' test, it objects to *every single item of text*, complaining that it is neither 4c nor spot.
If I take a sample chapter into FrameMaker 7 and repeat the output,the 4c+spot test passes.
The only significant event that has occurred since successful output of greyscale books is the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 on the same machine.
My questions:
. I am wondering if this is related at all to the CMYK black problem I posted previously (FrameMaker 6 default black is CMYK, FrameMaker 7 default black is 100% K).
. Could there be anything about the installation of FrameMaker 7.0 that could mess with a FrameMaker 6 + AdobePS -> PDF workflow?
Thanks in advance.
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Steve [foxed]
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