[Framers] Quality of vector graphics created in FrameMaker is bad in CMYK PDF output

[Steve Rickaby]

At 14:36 -0500 21/8/21, Mike Wickham wrote:

>It has been a long time, so I'm not positive that I'm remembering this correctly, but I recall that issue having something to do with either using EMF or WMF files-- that it was a limitation of the file type.

Extraordinary to see this coming around again after all these years. I first encountered it in EMF files generated by Visio more than a decade ago: looked fine on screen in Visio, but ghastly in export file. (It wasn't FrameMaker's fault that time, but the export 'filters' in Visio.)

> I also seem to remember some issues related to CMYK where, if graphics were not EPS files, they would be channeled through Windows GDI and come out as RGB (and maybe processed into EMF or WMF along the way?)

Quite likely, but I cannot comment as I worked on Mac.

> Anyway, the solution for me, at the time, was merely to always use EPS graphics in my documents, if I ever wanted correct CMYK output.

Seconded.

> Again, it has been a while since I worked with FM (FM 10). So forgive me if I'm not remembering this quite right. And I realize that FM support for CMYK may have changed since then.

Also seconded :-)

More power to The Group!

-- 
Steve