I've asked a similar question in the past but still experience the same problems when converting files to PDF.
The 'mast head' is a monotone bitmap filled with PANTONE 032. When I attempt to create a pdf using the settings above (convert all colours to greyscale and leave spot colours alone) I get the rather strange appearance of the PDF with the unusal spot plates of Blue, Green and Red?
I need to create 2 plates ultimately as these magazines are printed in black only with spot colour (032) on the front page only and I'm struggling with the results I'm getting.
Any ideas?
Cheers in advance
John
Hi John.Seems to work as expected here, without RGB plates.Looks to me as if the bitmap has two colors, the red and something more.Can you post or upload a zipped CDR with the bitmap (or entire file)?
Think the mast head logo is coming in as RGB rather than monotone? If I place the logo into a page on its own all works fine? There's some kind of reaction to the other elements in the page
jaypeegolf said:This is the result I get when I publish 'your' file to PDF using my settings
What settings are you using?
I posted them in my initial post. See image above.I'm outputing colours to greyscale and chosing not to convert spot colours. i.e leave spot colours as spot colours.
On the Print menu it looks correct
Also, i Publish as PDF, then open with Acrobat and it looks right also
I published as PDF choosing output color as "Native"
and that's why you're getting 5 plates!
iit's easy to find the reason
But the PDF settings say output all colours to greyscale?
You're using RGB fills o this object. That's why it will be output as CMYK+Pantone
All the items in the page are RGB (fills, outlines, text, the lot!) but the Publish to PDF command 'should' convert all colours to greyscale. My settings to this but produce the spurious R,G,B spot plates!