On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 08:26 AM, Rioduo wrote:
First, let me quickly explain my situation. While I have no formal training & limited experience, I find myself in the postion of being resonpsible for�pre-press production. I find from reading the posts here & in pdf basics, that on software & training, there�is much we need, but at this point I have to work with what I have.
We will be getting a print job that will be created in PageMaker, then the pdf's sent to us. Our procedure�is to impose the pdf's�to Quark 4.1, then rip. �I'm concerned about the color. My limited past experience has been that the�black text�will be converted to 4/C. Is there a way around this, either�when it is initially laid out, distilled�or after we receive? I have Acrobat 5 and know how to correct color photos that need to be cmyk, but nothing beyond that. I'm dreading this, but�the deal�has been done, at another office, without any input from us.�My only option is to get it to press.
Sorry if this is too vague,�I really don't even know what questions I need to ask.�
Thanks,
Jackie
If you are going to be working with PDF's for print production, it is imperative that you purchase Enfocus' Pitstop Professional, a plug-in to Acrobat. It will allow you to make the corrections you have described above, as well as numerous other edits to PDF's to obtain satisfactory output results.
If you must use a page layout program to achieve color separations from composite PDF's, you will have more flexibility, as far as import options, using InDesign.
