Operation Manual

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Print production tools (Acrobat Pro DC)

Last updated 4/7/2015

• Choose File > Save As Other > More Options > Encapsulated PostScript or PostScript. Click Settings, and then

click Ink Manager.

Separate spot colors as process

Using the Ink Manager, you can convert spot colors to process colors. When spot colors are converted to process color

equivalents, they are printed as separations rather than on a single plate. Converting a spot color is useful if you’ve

accidentally added a spot color to a process color document, or if the document contains more spot colors than are

practical to print.

1 In the Ink Manager, do one of the following:

• To separate individual spot colors, click the ink-type icon to the left of the spot color or alias ed spot color. A

process color icon appears. To change the color back to spot, click the icon again.

• To separate all spot colors, select Convert All Spots To Process. The icons to the left of the spot colors change to

process color icons. To restore the spot colors, deselect Convert All Spots To Process.

Note: Selecting Convert All Spots To Process removes any ink aliases you’ve set up in the Ink Manager and can also affect

overprinting and trapping settings in the document.

2 (InDesign only) To use the Lab values of a spot color rather than CMYK definitions, choose Use Standard Lab

Values For Spots.

Create an ink alias for a spot color

You can map a spot color to a different spot or process color by creating an alias. An alias is useful if a document

contains two similar spot colors when only one is required, or if it contains too many spot colors. You can see the effects

of ink aliasing in the printed output, and you see the effects onscreen if Overprint Preview mode is on.

1 In the Ink Manager, select the spot color ink you want to create an alias for.

2 Choose an option in the Ink Alias menu. The ink type icon and ink description change accordingly.