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HAYDEN5C0A
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March 5, 2023
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Spot colours disappear from document when exported

  • March 5, 2023
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I can't seem to export spot colours with my document, everything just seems to turn to CMYK when I check it in Acrobats output preview. I've done this in the past but am having trouble this time around.

Thanks for any responses

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

 


The .ai file is in the PDF.

What your screendump shows (the DIELINE PRINTERS MARKS) color is a global CMYK  color. Just double click the swatch in the Swatches panel to change it to Spot instead of Process.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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March 5, 2023

Which Illustrator version do you use and what are your PDF settings?

Can you share a simple example PDF (with Illustrator editing enabled)?

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    HAYDEN5C0AAuthor
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    March 5, 2023

    Here is an example PDF, I use AI 27.3.1

     

    Thanks for your quick response.

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    HAYDEN5C0AAuthor
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    March 5, 2023

    That's odd, can I send you the AI file to have a look?


     

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