When exporting a file from Adobe Illustrator as a PDF, I have the text color profile set to C 0% M 0% Y 0% K 100%, but after importing that file into Adobe InDesign, the value changes to for example C 75% M 68% Y 67% K 90%. The file was returned from the printing press because the black is made up of 4 colors after import. How can I prevent these values from changing when importing the PDF file into InDesign?
Hi @Daniel28331211vcgz , Make sure your Illustrator document’s Color Mode is CMYK, and when you save it, either don’t include a color profile, or make sure its assigned CMYK profile matches the InDesign document’t Profile— check Edit>Assign Profiles... in both apps, not Color Settings.
Alternatively you can set your Color Settings CMYK Policy to Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked Profiles) before you create a document. Also when you Export the PDF from InDesign set the Output Destination to Document CMYK.
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