Acrobat, image in CMYK w/o embedded profile --> Output Profile, no color conversion?
Hi there!
I have a (1.4) PDF wich contains RGB and CMYK images without embedded profiles (DeviceCMYK color space). When I print from Acrobat Pro 8.1.4, in Advanced... I choose my printer profile as Output Profile. This goes well for the RGB images (and CMYK images WITH embedded profiles), colors are converted, but CMYK images without embedded profiles aren't converted at all. In my preferences I have set my CMYK working space to U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2. I thought that Acrobat would assign this to all CMYK images without a profile so that there will allways be a conversion to my printer profile. Well, it doesn't
My questions are:
- Is this the way it should be?
- What can I do to fix this?
I have fixed this for now by using Preflight within Acrobat by using the PDF fixups --> "convert to CMYK only (SWOP)" profile. This converts the current PDF document to CMYK only, using US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 as destination profile. I hope there's a better way so that Acrobat always assumes a SWOP profile when there's none embedded, and does a conversion at all times...
Thanks for your help!
Peter
Mac OS X 10.5.6
Acrobat Pro 8.1.4
Hi there!
I have a (1.4) PDF wich contains RGB and CMYK images without embedded profiles (DeviceCMYK color space). When I print from Acrobat Pro 8.1.4, in Advanced... I choose my printer profile as Output Profile. This goes well for the RGB images (and CMYK images WITH embedded profiles), colors are converted, but CMYK images without embedded profiles aren't converted at all. In my preferences I have set my CMYK working space to U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2. I thought that Acrobat would assign this to all CMYK images without a profile so that there will allways be a conversion to my printer profile. Well, it doesn't
My questions are:
- Is this the way it should be?
- What can I do to fix this?
I have fixed this for now by using Preflight within Acrobat by using the PDF fixups --> "convert to CMYK only (SWOP)" profile. This converts the current PDF document to CMYK only, using US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 as destination profile. I hope there's a better way so that Acrobat always assumes a SWOP profile when there's none embedded, and does a conversion at all times...
Thanks for your help!
Peter
Mac OS X 10.5.6
Acrobat Pro 8.1.4