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November 1, 2018
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Publish to pdf creates pdf with "Invalid ColorSpace"?

  • November 1, 2018
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Running FrameMaker 2019 rel. 15.0.1.430, Win 7 - 64 bit.

I am trying to publish a bunch of files to PDF for print output, but I keep getting empty PDF's with a dialogue stating stat the have "Invalid ColorSpace"

Printing the docs with "High Quality Print" and not "Press Quality" makes it work. Only that was not what I was trying to do...

What might be wrong? I thought Adobe had this "CMYK color thing" in FrameMaker fixed by now.

Best regards

Bjørn

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Correct answer LinSims

Adobe expects to have this fixed in Update 2. Meantime, Amitoj gave me a workaround.

In the maker.ini file located in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2019, change EnforcePDFXCompliance to OFF.

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seanb_us@yahoo.com
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November 29, 2018

Perhaps someone can comment on this.

I went to set EnforcePDFXCompliance to OFF. My laptop is "managed" by IT. I couldn't save changes to maker.ini in C:\Program Files\ Adobe\ FrameMaker 19 because of permissions. I spent 60 minutes on the phone with our IT service and no luck. Finally found a workaround to copy maker.ini to a different location, change it, and copy it back, overwriting the original.

Anyone run into such a hassle? (The fix worked, though, because I can now create PDFs and open them.)

Sean

Jeff_Coatsworth
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November 29, 2018

Comment how? Other than your IT people not giving you proper access? You probably could have just edited the second maker.ini in your c:\users\user_name\AppData\ folder (have to be able to view hidden folders though) to include the line you wanted to have come into effect.

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    seanb_us@yahoo.com
    Inspiring
    November 27, 2018

    Great responses here.

    Unfortunately, I was provoked to try the new Publish pod to create a PDF. It failed with the invalid colorspace error. Am not going to mess with it, though the workaround seems easy; I have another font issue to fix. For the color thing, I'll lay off using the Publish pod until it's fully baked.

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    Amitoj
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    November 28, 2018

    @seanb_us@yahoo.com

    Please try the following workaround

    EnforcePDFXCompliance in maker.ini please turn it "OFF"

    we have an update 2 coming up next few days where we have this addressed already.

    thanks

    amitoj Singh

    LinSims
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    LinSimsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    November 1, 2018

    Adobe expects to have this fixed in Update 2. Meantime, Amitoj gave me a workaround.

    In the maker.ini file located in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2019, change EnforcePDFXCompliance to OFF.

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      November 2, 2018

      Yes, adjusting the maker.ini fixes the problem. Color management in FrameMaker is still a bit confusing but at least there seems to be substantial improvements coming with respect to cmyk colors and print. Still wonder why though, you can adjust overprint etc in the fills dialogue, but not in the stroke dialogue.

      Bjørn Smalbro - FrameMaker.dk
      Jeff_Coatsworth
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      Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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      November 1, 2018

      Make sure that you're up to date - they have been working on IIRC.

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