[Framers] Print settings for colors is inconsistent

[Art Campbell]

My nemesis is always Color 11.
There's also a FrameScript or two out there, maybe one of Rick Quatro's,
that cleans the catalogs, including Color and another one that removed
unused ones.

Art Campbell
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:53 AM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Color8 or Color9? Yeah, even though I rarely (if ever) mess with the color
> definitions, I almost always have at least one file where Color8 or Color9
> becomes "inconsistent".I have even handedited MIF files to remove the color
> completely, and it shows back up. It seems to have to do with imported
> graphics. As near as I can tell, FM creates new color definitions if you
> import a graphic that has colors that aren't already defined in the
> document. So if the same graphic isn't in all of the files in a document,
> you wind up with inconsistent colors.
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:36 AM Craig Ede <craigede at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If the color is not used you can delete the offending color(s) without a
> > warning message. That will remove the error.
> >
> >
> > My dim recollection is that FM seems to use one file (maybe  the book
> > file) as the source for known colors. Additional colors that occur in the
> > other files can cause this problem. If you have a template file with
> known
> > good colors, import the colors from that file across you book, too.
> >
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Framers <framers-bounces+craigede=hotmail.com at lists.frameusers.com
> >
> > on behalf of Caroline Tabach <caroline.tabach at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 6:53 AM
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> > Subject: [Framers] Print settings for colors is inconsistent
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I  update a book, or try to print it, I receive a message that the
> > print settings for all sorts of colors is inconsistent.
> >
> > This occurs both with Frame 2017 and when I opened the files in Frame
> 2019.
> >
> > I tried a few times to open one file and then do
> > import formats/color definitions from that file to all other files in the
> > book so they would have the same settings, but I still receive this
> > message.
> >
> > Are there any ideas about how to resolve this issue?
> >
> > I did not create these colors myself, and we do not use them in
> particular.
> >
> > --
> > Caroline Tabach
> > Technical/Marcom Writer
> > e-mail: caroline.tabach at gmail.com
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