Hi Christoph, [...]
> > do the above steps enable me to produce a PDF which contains the right > > indications for a "print shop" to produce Pantone colors for me? > > Yes. > > > (even if I had to look them up on a book, and the representation manually > > I picked for them on the screen is not very faithful) > > > > Can I hand over such PDF and expect them to understand it, with no > > further questions asked? > > "With no further questions asked" is always a bad idea. Success in printing > has a lot do with communication between human beings, since there are > hundreds of uncertainties. It's almost the same as asking a doctor for help > by describing shortly what you think is wrong with you. > seems that I picked the wrong words there.... what I want to know, is if such a PDF can be automatically interpreted by their workflow, if the colors have correct Pantone names and are marked as spot colors. > > > > If so, the missing bit is an algorithm to display them "correctly" on > > > > screen, right? > > > > > > No ink colour can be displayed "correctly" on screen. It is possible to > > > come cery close, but accuracy is almost impossible. > > > > I am aware of that, that's why I used the "". I suppose "very close" is > > what programs that claim Pantone support do... > > They don't even do that. Read the disclaimers! > > > Can you explain the difference between a spot colour and a non-spot color > > in terms of what is stored on the PDF? > > A spot colour is stored as a separate colour (only the name of the colour) > in the PDF file, whereas a process colour is stored in CMYK/RGB values. aha! Then why is it that when I marked as color as spot and gave it a foobar name Acrobat still rendered it? If only the name was there, it shouldn't , I think. > The > developers will be able to explain the technical details better than I ;) > > > > > Sorry for not understanding at first :-) > > You need special software for this. AFAICT, none of them is available for > Linux yet :( > but this list does a god job anyway. Best regards Gustavo > > Best regards > > Gustavo > > Cheers, > > Christoph -- Angulo S?lido - Tecnologias de Informa??o http://angulosolido.pt
