Same swatch printing differently

judithm12809063 · ‎Nov 21, 2018

I have been working in Illustrator a very long time and I've never had an issue like this: I have multiple files, all in CMYK. I am using a consistent swatch palette ASE file for the colors in all the files. When I printed the files in our office and ALSO when I received the proofs from the printer, I had the same issue: the blue in only one of the files looked much different. I checked the files and all of the CMYK values were the same, they were all 100% opacity and had a normal blend mode. I grabbed a blue square from one file and pasted it into the file with the wrong blue, and they looked identical, but when printed there was a big difference. I checked the CMYK value of both spot colors and they were identical! Has anyone ever had this happen, and does anyone know why? Thanks!

judithm12809063 · ‎Aug 14, 2018

Thank you! This worked, however when I re-import the swatched from that library there are a bunch of random duplicates of the same swatch and the names are not retained. The work around for this is to make sure all the swatches are global (for anyone with this same issues in the future).

judithm12809063 · ‎Aug 14, 2018

I have a bunch of ASE files that I would like to be able to share in collaborative CC Libraries. The swatches all have custom names. I am trying to use Illustrator to add them to the Library, and I can only figure out how to add each swatch one by one. To make matters worse, the hex code is used as the default name when that color loads into the library, so I have to rename each one. Is there a way to move the whole swatch palette to the library and preserve the naming system and folders?

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Same swatch printing differently

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