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AngyQ
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July 28, 2014
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How to save pdf which contains pantone colors properly?

  • July 28, 2014
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Hello everyone. Here is the problem:

I'm usually doing my artwork in CMYK colors, but one of my customer's concepts require two Pantone colors. I use Pantone colors from swatches library and save print ready file as pdf. But, after sending a file to typography I get my file back with the message, that there are no Pantone colors - I used CMYK colors. I don't convert any colors to CMYK before saving, I googled about it and I'm pretty sure I did everything right. I called to guy from typography and he told me how to convert colors to Pantone. I did as he told me, but the result is still the same - Pantone colors are gone in final pdf. Is that possible, that after saving in pdf there is somewhere checkbox, which converts all colors to CMYK? Because I do another work for this client I don't want to face this problem again - so If anyone has any idea, what is the problem, I will be very thankful for your answers.f that question

Thanks

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Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

Which Color Book did you use? Not the Process one I hope. If so that is the problem.

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AngyQ
AngyQAuthor
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July 28, 2014

SRiegel Hey, I save pdf with no color conversation

Larry G. Schneider in InkManager, there are no Pantone colors shown


And there is one strange thing - I replaced one object's Pantone color with another but from the other Pantone color book, saved as usual and I see this color in InkManager. How is that possible? And as I understood typography handled it (replaced CMYK colors with Pantone I named)


Larry G. Schneider
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Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 28, 2014

Which Color Book did you use? Not the Process one I hope. If so that is the problem.

AngyQ
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July 28, 2014

I just looked for best match online for my CMYK colors I used at first, so after that I just typed Pantone name/code? in swatches search field and it gave me these two. I searched them in Pantone + CMYK color book, so yeah, probably it was not an good idea, now I see there are process colors too. I honestly don't know the difference, but now I know I should avoid them working with Pantones. Thanks

Larry G. Schneider
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July 28, 2014

The only one I can think of is in the Ink Manager dialog.

Legend
July 28, 2014

When you export the pdf, what are you color settings? No Color Conversion will retain your colors as Pantone spot colors.