Frame 9: improved CMYK

[Reng, Winfried]

Hi,

Here is another post from Arnis Gubins from the Adobe FrameMaker
forum:

... After extensive testing with his files and others, using
imported PDFs with the new CMYK SaveAsPDF is broken from the get go.

When using imported PDFs in FM, the CMYK SaveAsPDF option renders
these imported PDFs as low-res RGB TIFFs on output. Yuck! A major
foobar in the latest point version of this release.

HOWEVER, using EPS files works just fine! So converting the PDFs to
EPS before import is a workaround for now.

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Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of 
> Art Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:04 PM
> To: Mike H
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Frame 9: improved CMYK
> 
> Mike,
> There are a couple of threads about CMYK support on the Adobe 
> User Forum for
> Frame.
> According to one of the moderators there (Arnis, who I'm not 
> sure is on this
> list), who has played with this a bit:
> 
> "Yes, CMYK (and spot colours too) works when doing the Save As PDF
> (Adobe somehow manages to slip in a different postscript header that
> isn't available when you manually print to the Adobe PDF printer
> instance). The Save As PDF works very well when everything is
> configured correctly."
> 
> So the trick seems to be electing the SaveAs option rather 
> than Printing,
> which is the default for many of us.
> I would have done it the other way around, but ...
> 
> Cheers,
> Art
> 
> Art Campbell
>          art.campbell at gmail.com
>  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a 
> '52 Vincent and a
> redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Mike H <senex64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hmm -
> > what does the 'improved CMYK support' in Frame 9 entail? MY CMYK
> > colour definitions (Pantone Process) still get converted to RGB if I
> > set the joboptions to, 'leave colour as is.' - And I just 
> note that p.
> > 446 of the manual still says that the default is CMYK -> RGB
> > conversion. However, the next paragraph tells me: "if you deselect
> > this option [which one?] Framemaker preserves CMYK 
> colours." What am I
> > missing, what option can I deselect to preserve my CMYK 
> views (I only
> > import *.eps, so that's not the issue.)?
> >
> > I know that in the pdf joboptions I can turn on, "convert 
> all colours
> > to cmyk", but that gives me CMYK (colour 'view') -> RGB -> CMYK, and
> > my Pantone percentages get all mixed up in the process. How do I
> > preserve my CMYK colour definitions without going through RGB?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Michael Heine
> > London, ON
> > Canada