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Cyndee M
Inspiring
June 11, 2019
Question

All spots to process grayed out in PDF presets

  • June 11, 2019
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The most recent update to InDesign 19 has made the PDF preset option (under output) of "all spots to process" no longer available (it is grayed out). I am using a profile based on PDF/X-4 with color conversion set to convert to destination with destination set to Working CMYK - U.S. Web Coated which is what my printer requested and which I have been using for this project for over a year. My document contains may advertisements created by others which contain spot colors which must be converted to CMYK for the final output.

Why is the all spots to process no longer available.

I do see that if I select as the destination "no color conversion", the spot colors are removed, but I hesitate to go that route as it is not what my printer requires.

What are others doing in this case?

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      manal shanableh
      manal shanableh
      Legend
      June 12, 2019

      I noticed that if there is no spot colors in the document, this option will be grayed out.

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        Community Expert
        LaubenderCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 12, 2019

        Hi Manal,

        see into reply 4 above where a screenshot is showing a very strange state of the checkbox:

        [-] All Spots to Process

        Regards,

        Uwe

        manal shanableh
        manal shanableh
        Legend
        March 21, 2023

        seems like some inks checked as --All spot to process but not all... meas that this check box work for selected inks.. not for ALL.

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        Community Expert
        LaubenderCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 11, 2019

        Hi Cyndee,

        did you check the settings of the Ink Manager ?

        There you could convert all Spots to Process.

        Regards,
        Uwe

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        Cyndee MAuthor
        Inspiring
        June 11, 2019

        Yes, sorry, I wasn't clear enough. It is in Ink Manager with the option of all spots to color is grayed out.

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        Community Expert
        LaubenderCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 11, 2019

        Hi Cyndee,

        can you show a screenshot of all swatches in the Swatches panel plus the Ink Manager opened from the options you see with the Swatches panel? Are there any spot colors in the document? Usually the option to convert spots to CMYK is grayed out in the Ink Manager if there are no spots in the document.

        Regards,
        Uwe

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