Different output - Acrobat vs Web Preview

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February 3, 2025
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Hi Guys, I'm exporting a huge PDF and I noticed that the output is different when viewed on Adobe Acrobat vs Web Preview. Can you guys help? See below photos for reference.

Adobe Acrobat (1st photo - intended output) - Facing Pages, black and white photo or no overprint

Web Preview (2nnd photo) - Single Pages, colored photo or overprint preview

Thank you so much!

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Another problem is, that web browser show RGB screen documetnts. Print documents with CMYK output can only be shown with shifted colors.

leo.r

Community Expert

Adobe Acrobat (1st photo - intended output) - Facing Pages, black and white photo or no overprint

Web Preview (2nnd photo) - Single Pages, colored photo or overprint preview
By @default5rs9k1a5q1qz

In addition to other questions:

Do you imply that when you enable overprint preview in Acrobat, your photo turns into the color photo as seen in "Web Preview"?

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Are you aware, that only Adobe Acrobat is the only valid PDF viewer. All others do not support the full range of PDFs flairs. Specially if transparency or spot colors are part of the PDF. You cannot expect to get the correct result in a PDF web browser.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I know Chrome can use the Acrobat extension, but I've never really looked at print-oriented PDFs with it. I always download and open directly in Acrobat Pro.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)