Color seperation help

[Dov Isaacs]

Scott,

The awful truth is that FrameMaker Windows only produces
RGB output via Windows GDI, even when printing to a 
PostScript print, with the exception of EPS files whose
content is passed directly through to a PostScript device.
Thus, so-called spot colors in your document are sent out
as RGB colors as are any other colors in your FrameMaker
document. If your PostScript printer driver instance is
properly setup, at least your black and gray will come
out as grayscale, but any CMYK or spot colors will appear
in PostScript (and in any subsequent PDF) as RGB.

There is at least one third party product out there that
can intercept the RGB and try to resynthesize spot colors.
See <http://www.grafikhuset.net/international/> and more
specifically <http://www.grafikhuset.net/publipdf/default.htm>
for one such program.

	- Dov
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott White
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:44 AM
> To: Framers
> Subject: Color seperation help
> 
> I have  a client who is running windows xp and Frame 7.2. She 
> sent her files to the printer for a two-color job -- a black 
> plate and a spot color plate.
> Her printer is telling her that her file is coming out on 
> four plates thus cmyk when it is distilled. We went through 
> her settings in frame and distiller and she has her files set 
> correctly. Since I do al color work in Frame on my MAC is 
> there something I'm missing on the PC settings to ensure a 
> good file output for a two-color job?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> 
> Scott White
> Media Production Manager
> Implementation Coordinator
> 210-704-8239
> swhite at alamark.com