I am having an issue I just cant figure out. I am a digital printer and was provided a pdf of a poster to print. When I open the file it looks fine. However if I try to print the file or run digital pre flight from acrobat on it it significantly lightens. I've open the pdf in Photoshop and Illustrator and the colors in the file are cmyk and are full strength however as soon as it hits the rip software or I run acrobat on it reduces the strength of the colors by about 20%. I get the same problem if I open it in PS or AI and then resave as a pdf. Does any one know why this might be? I am using the most recent versions of AI, PS and Acrobat pro dc on a Mac. I am printing on a xerox c75 with Fiery Rip Software. This the original This is what it looks like after preflight or after it's gone to the rip software
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