Fixing business card

[Planeta_Aleph]

How do I do this two things:

- The only thing that I would advise changing is the logo on the right of one side. At the moment it is in a ‘4-colour’ black swatch, if you change that so it is in the same black  (0,0,0,k:100) like the other text, it will be much safer for printing at this spec.

- there is an outline/stroke around the edge of that type that is still in the old black swatch. Best to change that swatch too (or remove the ‘stroke’ if you don’t want it)

Thanks

[Doug A Roberts]

How to use and create swatches in Illustrator

are you asking how to edit a swatch, or a local colour? how did you colour these objects in the first place?

double-click on a swatch and you'll see its makeup in various colour modes. whoever wrote this wants just 100% K rather than a mix of all four process colours (CMYK).

[jdanek]

Try this...

- The only thing that I would advise changing is the logo on the right of one side. At the moment it is in a ‘4-colour’ black swatch, if you change that so it is in the same black  (0,0,0,k:100) like the other text, it will be much safer for printing at this spec.

Confirm by selecting the logo's color  and then > Select Similar Stroke and Fill > with Rich Black elements selected, change the color to 100% K. 

- there is an outline/stroke around the edge of that type that is still in the old black swatch. Best to change that swatch too (or remove the ‘stroke’ if you don’t want it)

You did that already with the "Select Similar" step above.

Send the result to the printer and see if it now complies with their workflow.  Rich Black has a weird way of creeping into where it does not belong.  For instance, many RGB Blacks convert to Rich Black or "4-colour black" and font text from Word documents.  Always review your artwork before sending it to be printed.