How to save color images in C-M-Y-K format???

[Scubasocks]

I prepare newspaper advertisements for my small company using Publisher.
Although the graphics I use appear in color on my monitor, and the newspaper
tells me that they appear in color on their monitors, too, when they are
finally printed in the newspaper they only come out in grayscale or black and
white. The paper tells me that this has to do with the way I save my
creative work, that I need to be saving it in C-M-Y-K color format and not
whatever the other color format is (which apparently is the default format
used by Publisher?). I have no idea how to change the format default
settings so that I can save my work in C-M-Y-K color format. Can you teach
me how to do so in order that my ads will appear in the newapaper in color as
I intend them to be? Thank you.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Well, you would "print" cmyk. So, does your newspaper have Publisher? And if
so, what version? And what version are you using?

What file format are you giving them your Publisher file in?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

The paper tells me
that this has to do with the way I save my creative work, that I need
to be saving it in C-M-Y-K color format and not whatever the other
color format is (which apparently is the default format used by
Publisher?).

This seems to be because the newspaper are unable to separate RGB graphics
(the standard computer display colour format is RGB, as this is what
monitors have to use, because they are dealing with light. In print, the
colour space is CMYK).
This seems odd to me, as when you insert an RGB image into Publisher 2003
and print to a CMYK imagesetter using Publisher to move to the CMYK colour
space, the images come out in glorious full colour.

What version of Publisher are you using? If you are using Publisher 2003,
you may be able to generate a CMYK EPS file that your newspapers are more
able to accept.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash Gordon®\)]

sidebar;

If you save your images from a third party image editor (lets say PS for now) and you were working in RGB color environment and saved your image in RGB instead of CMYK...does Publisher somehow convert to appropriate color space or is this not an issue?

I know for web work jpgs saved as cmyk IS a problem...just wondering if there is same kind of issue going from RGB to CMYK images in pub.??


| Well, you would "print" cmyk. So, does your newspaper have Publisher? And if
| so, what version? And what version are you using?
|
| What file format are you giving them your Publisher file in?
|
| --
| Brian Kvalheim
| Microsoft Publisher MVP
| http://www.publishermvps.com
|
| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
| confers no rights.
| | >I prepare newspaper advertisements for my small company using Publisher.
| > Although the graphics I use appear in color on my monitor, and the
| > newspaper
| > tells me that they appear in color on their monitors, too, when they are
| > finally printed in the newspaper they only come out in grayscale or black
| > and
| > white. The paper tells me that this has to do with the way I save my
| > creative work, that I need to be saving it in C-M-Y-K color format and not
| > whatever the other color format is (which apparently is the default format
| > used by Publisher?). I have no idea how to change the format default
| > settings so that I can save my work in C-M-Y-K color format. Can you
| > teach
| > me how to do so in order that my ads will appear in the newapaper in color
| > as
| > I intend them to be? Thank you.
|
|

 

[Scubasocks]

ED --

I am using Publuisher 2002 (10.6308.6735) SP3. I convert my creative .PUB
files to .PDF files before forwarding them to the newspaper. I don't have
any vector graphics software (like PostScript or PageMaker. etc.) on my
system that would allow me to create or see .EPS files, but I'll be you're
right that that is what the newspaper would prefer that I send to them. Is
there a way for me to save .PUB files in .EPS format that I could then send
on to the newspaper? Do you know of any free .EPS reader (like Adobe's free
..PDF reader) that I could place on my system so that I could at least see
..EPS files - either the ones I convert from .PUB files or that are sent to me
from others? Thanks so much for your help!

 

[Scubasocks]

Brian --

No, the newspapers in my area all use other applications. My version of
Publiseher is 2002 (10.6308.6735) SP3. I convert my .PUB files to .PDF files
and send the .PDF files to the newspaper.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I am using Publuisher 2002 (10.6308.6735) SP3. I convert my creative
.PUB files to .PDF files before forwarding them to the newspaper. I
don't have any vector graphics software (like PostScript or
PageMaker. etc.)

PostScript is a file format, not an application.
PageMaker is a DTP app, like Publisher.
Publisher can output PostScript and EPS files, but they will still be in RGB
format, so your newspaper will still have trouble with them.

on my system that would allow me to create or see
.EPS files, but I'll be you're right that that is what the newspaper
would prefer that I send to them. Is there a way for me to save .PUB
files in .EPS format that I could then send on to the newspaper?

Yes, but I doubt it would be of much use to you, as your newspaper would
still be unable to separate the colours.

Do
you know of any free .EPS reader (like Adobe's free .PDF reader) that
I could place on my system so that I could at least see .EPS files -
either the ones I convert from .PUB files or that are sent to me from
others?

GhostScript/GSView (GhostScript is the application, GSView is the
front-end), from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

 

[Mike Koewler]

It sounds like either the newspaper is placing the ads on pages that are
not in color or they are converting the RGB to grayscale. If you are
using Acrobat to create the pdf files, you can get a plug-in like Quite
a Box of Tricks to convert RGB to CMYK.

Mike