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deborrah120
deborrah120
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September 23, 2020
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Profile or Policy Mismatch Dialog Box Question

  • September 23, 2020
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Hi. I have set my Color Settings in Photoshop, ID, and synched in Bridge per the printers instructions. My doc is going to print on an offset press. When I open my doc in ID I get the Profile or Policy Mismatch Dialog Box. I don't know what to choose. Can someone please advise? Thanks so much.

ID Color Settings:

 

ID Profile or Policy Mismatch Dialog Box: 

 

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Correct answer rob day

Ok, starting to make more sense. If I'm working on a specific doc for offset printing is there ever a reason for me to Assign a Profile to that doc?

 

Secondly, should all the photos in the doc have this specific profile? Do I have to go through each photo and check them?

 

Many thanks, Rob.


If I'm working on a specific doc for offset printing is there ever a reason for me to Assign a Profile to that doc?

 

The CMYK assignment should always be the recommended offset press profile—if the printer is printing to the Coated GRACol standard, your assignment should be the Coated GRACol profile. Just keep in mind it is the document assignment that handles color management, not the Color Settings Working Spaces.

 

If you are placing RGB images make sure they have an embedded profile. Normally you want to edit in a large RGB space like AdobeRGB. RGB color has to have a source profile embedded in order to be converted correctly to the print CMYK space, which can happen either on a PDF export or at print output.

 

It is more efficient to place RGB, because all of the images can be converted at once. If you are placing CMYK that has no embedded profile, InDesign’s document profile will get assigned when you place. Ideally you do not want a document and images with conflicting CMYK profiles. Color Settings has a CMYK policy that will ignore conflicting CMYK profiles and assign the document profile—Preserve Numbers (Ignore linked profiles).

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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September 23, 2020

It’s happening because you have Ask When Opening checked in your Color Settings, and the ID file you are opening has US Sheetfed Coated as its CMYK profile assignment (Edit>Assign Profiles...), which conflicts with the Color Settings CMYK Working Space.

 

If you want to leave the US Sheetfed profile assignment unchanged check Leave document as is. If you want to change the document assignment to US Web Coated SWOP, check Adjust the document to match current color settings. Changing the CMYK assigned profile will usually change the doc’s CMYK color appearance.

 

Sync’ing Color Settings doesn’t necessarily affect existing documents—it is your color management preferences for future documents. An existing document is color managed by the assigned profiles, and not the Color Settings’ Working Spaces—they can be different.

    deborrah120
    deborrah120Author
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    September 23, 2020

    Thanks, Rob, for your clear explanation. I understand and still need some clarification. If I go to ID > Edit > Assign Profiles do I then Assign current working space or Assign profile to my ID document? Thank you.

     

    ID Assign Profiles Dialog Box

     

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    September 24, 2020

    Either will work. You would use Assign profile to get a list of all CMYK profiles to choose from—you don’t have to use the Color Settings working space, it’s the document assignment that manages the color. If you are working on projects with different CMYK assignments, you might want to uncheck Ask When Opening in your Color Settings.

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