pdf color separations

[buzby49]

OK, I'll admit it. I'm one of those commercial printers that HATE Publisher.
Unfortunately, we have to use it sometimes.

Now, I'm having a problem printing PDF color seps. I can make grayscale and
rgb composites pdf's, but when I try to do a sep or cmyk composite, it tries
to actually print the thing, not make a file.

 

[anyone]

There may be a few issues here, but I keep one virtual printer for these
occasions, just a clone of an imagesetter we have local.
Set up a new printer with port set to file.
Printers and faxes > Add a printer > Local printer - do not detect my plug &
play > Use the following port - Select "File"

Use this for any job you want to create a .ps file for, assuming you have
Distiller, it creates some useful .pdf's

 

[Matt Beals]

Why not just make a RGB PDF, composite, and let the RIP handle the RGB to
CMYK conversion? Or you could use some other program like Enfocus PitStop or
Apago PDF Enhancer to fix the RGB problem, then RIP the job? Tools like
these and others certainly make it a lot easier to handle jobs like these.

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