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sum of ink exceeding maximum value of standard ISO 320%

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December 11, 2023
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Hi,

I'm getting this query from the printer:

"sum of ink exceeding maximum value of standard ISO 320% (350% in special conditions). Printing with supplied artwork may cause an problem with stability of colours on the printout or/and can cause sheets to stick together in stock. In current case sum of ink equals 355 %."

Does anyone know how export the image from photoshop, or what settings of InDesign I can change to avoid this?

Thanks!

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Correct answer rob day

Convert to LAB Color mode.

Convet back to CMYK.

That works in Photoshop for an individual CMYK image if the chosen Destination CMYK profile on the 2nd conversion limits the ink to the the desired total ink limit. You can’t do it in InDesign because the page can have a mix of color modes with different profile assignments—InDesign doesn’t have a single document color mode.

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TheREAL_Jimmy

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My cheat to this...

Get the eyedroper tool and place it over your heavy ink area.

In the "Info" pop up window, select "Total Ink Coverage".

Convert to LAB Color mode.

Convet back to CMYK.

This resets the dark areas to default, print ready, CMYK.

Check Info... there's a side by side comparison of then/now of the image.

rob day

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Convert to LAB Color mode.

Convet back to CMYK.

That works in Photoshop for an individual CMYK image if the chosen Destination CMYK profile on the 2nd conversion limits the ink to the the desired total ink limit. You can’t do it in InDesign because the page can have a mix of color modes with different profile assignments—InDesign doesn’t have a single document color mode.

Good VentureAuthor

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Thank you for your answer, was very useful, and the link!

I've also found this tutorial helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBrmAQqc9c&ab_channel=GrPrint

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Laubender

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Hi @Good Venture ,

also check if an effect is applied to the image or its container frame that adds extra color to the image's pixels.

Remove the effect then…

FWIW:

Usually a printing company's prepress department could tackle the issue by converting your PDF with a special color server using Device Link technology so that the TAC does not exceed a certain amount of color without changing the appearance of the image in an unacceptable way…

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Uwe Laubender
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Willi Adelberger

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Did you place a CMYK image into InDesign. If a CMYK image is edited after conversion to CMYK it can happen that the maximum value is exceeded.

In InDesign are normally RGB images imported and converted to CMYK with the final PDF export or later with the APPE (Adobe PDF Print Engine). In Photoshop you need to turn on the CMYK Print Preview when you work with RGB images for print.

Good VentureAuthor

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The image was originally palced as RGB, and file exported as PDF/X-4:2010 standard, with colour conversion to CMYK Convert to destination (Preserve Numbers).

Not sure how the ink coverage came out 355%. I am asking myself, is there anything one could do directly on the image in Photoshop to avoid this, or is there a way to tell InDesign to limit the ink coverage of specific assets?

rob day

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The image was originally palced as RGB, and file exported as PDF/X-4:2010 standard, with colour conversion to CMYK Convert to destination (Preserve Numbers). Not sure how the ink coverage came out 355%.

Hi @Good Venture , You really should not have to use color correction to lower total ink—the total ink limit is enforced on a conversion by the CMYK destination profile, so if the requirement 320% or less and you are getting 355% on a conversion from placed RGB images, you have likely used the wrong Destination profile on the Export. Here you can see assigning Coated GRACoL, which has a total ink allowance of 350% produces Total Ink alerts:

But Assigning ISO Coated v2 300% has no violations

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