Postcripted FrameMaker 8 Colors Converting from Spot Colors to CMYK

[George, Brenda (CAI)]

I am working with Structured FrameMaker 8 files in which all of the colors are set as spot colors. Some of the spot colors in a postscripted FrameMaker 8 file processed as CMYK files when the postscripted version of the file was sent to the print vendor yesterday. This did not occur with past postscripted files that have been sent to the print vendor. The postscript files are generated directly from FrameMaker files. The final FrameMaker files are created by flowing an xml feed into a Structured FrameMaker template. This process is performed every 3 months. In the past the print vendor has had no issues with the colors in the postscripted files. I have compared the FrameMaker color definitions in the FrameMaker files processed 3 months ago with the color definitions in the FrameMaker files processed yesterday. I'm not seeing any differences in the color definitions in FrameMaker.

We recently upgraded our Adobe Acrobat and distiller to version 10.1.3. I was told that the postscripting process does not utilize Adobe Acrobat and distiller, so the color issue would not be tied into this upgrade.

I needed to update some text on the FrameMaker template for this quarter, so the new FrameMaker files were generated from this revised template. I did not modify color in the template, so I am not certain that the modified template is the problem.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be creating this color conversion issue?

Brenda George
Desk: (724) 720-8491
bgeorge at federatedinv.com



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