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Jacob,
Yes, it makes a difference only from the point of view that we know
that Distiller does not do conversions of RGB to CMYK, Windows GDI is
strictly RGB, and that the Windows PostScript driver only emits anything
other than RGB in the cases of (1) passthrough PostScript (i.e., EPS),
(2) R=G=B text and vector as grayscale if the corresponding driver options
are enabled, and (3) as PostScript-color managed colorspaces if Windows
ICM is enabled for a printer driver instance (which it ISN'T for the Distiller
PostScript printer driver instance).
It is unclear how simply selecting PDFX3 joboptions and using CMYK images
in Microsoft Word can yield totally PDF/X3-compliant PDF unless (1) the
CMYK images were in fact color-managed CMYK images from Photoshop in EPS format,
(2) the R=G=B options were selected under Windows, and (3) all text and vector
content of the document was truly black or grayscale. OR perhaps it was on
the Mac and "think different" something affects what happened.
It really help US at Adobe help customers if we could track down what
"accidents" occurred in the workflow to yield what appears to be "correct"
results for the customer.
- Dov
At 7/25/2003 01:45 PM, Jacob Sch�ffer wrote:
>Dov,
>
>Does it really make a difference?
>
>Though I'm not a Mac expert it seem to me that:
>
>1) all MS apps print RGB on Mac even though the Mac PS driver
> natively supports CMYK,
>2) Apple appear to have made all sorts of weird workarounds
> for the sole purpose of having the MS products run at all.
> Perhaps MS also made a special effort though it seem
> unlikely when judged on the PS output I've seen.
>
>Perhaps Apple thought they'd sell more Macs if they supported MS Office :-).
>
>Please correct me if you know any better!
>
>Best regards
>Jacob Sch�ffer
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