Adobe Illustrator - Libraries changing Spot to Process

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
November 21, 2023
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Hi there,

I have a Spot colour setup in my library for cutting dielines. However time to time it removes the "Spot" values and changes the spot colour to regular process. Causing dielines to be shown in print.

Has anyone else had this issue? Or any solutions?

Thanks,

Spec77

Participant

I'm getting exactly the same issue. Correct colours shared amongst team, then colours randomly changing with die lines printing or white ink not performing causing major delays and costly redos. Why aren't Adobe acknowledging they have a major flaw in the software that's costing customers real money. Maybe i can pass the cost on?

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

The last post was 2 years ago - I'm not sure what's going on here - can you please elaborate on your issue and steps to reproduce it?

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Hi Eugene, see attached screenshot showing how it should look and how it changes after the corruption.

This is just one colour but it randomly effects different spot colours across many different library groups.

Yes this is a know problem and easy to reproduce. It may take a few attempts, but then the damage is done.

AlanGilbertson

Community Expert

You'll be safe from this glitch if you put your dielines on their own separate layer(s) and turn off "Print Layer" in the Layer Options. In that case it won't matter whether they're spot or single-plate process colors.

[EDIT] I just noticed this was posted in the wrong forum. Perhaps a moderator can move it to the Illustrator forum.

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