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What do you intend to do with the Lab based colour swatch layout? Print it out? Are you working with PDF files? Are you using a RIP/DFE at the printer? Stephen Marsh

I looked around the Adobe forums and there are some scripts for RGB or CMYK based input, however I did not see any for Lab (not sure how hard it is to change the scripts). As an .ASE file is cross-application, it should not really matter if the script was run in Illustrator, InDesign or...

It appears that the GMG paper has two versions, both with and without OBA’s: GMG ProofPaper semimatte 250 GMG ProofPaper semimatte 250 OBA Just as CGS has two versions: ORIS PearlPROOF Super 240 ORIS PearlPROOF OBA Semimatte 250 Stephen Marsh

Excellent points NathanD. Sometimes it is possible to “drop in” a different media and re-calibrate to the new media and the existing colour profiles will deliver nearly the same results, however this is generally the exception rather than the norm (however I have seen it happen before). So first...

Hi Markus, I did try the test files and I hit a brick wall, however my hope was that by providing test files somebody else may be able to help… I still hold that hope! I am hoping that ABC can make this a part of the free monthly workshop webinars. Stephen Marsh

Try CGS… ORIS PearlPROOF Super 240gsm http://www.cgs-oris.com/en/products/oris-professional-media Stephen Marsh

And some more: http://whattheythink.com/video/83659-what-pdf-20-printing-industry/ Stephen Marsh

Thanks Tim, I have pretty much given up on Illustrator’s support for recording useful action steps when compared to Photoshop, so I had not tested for this possibility and assumed that a script would be the only option! Stephen Marsh

I believe that if there was a PDF/X standard that forced CMYK/Spot only (like X-1a) however also allowed live transparency (like X-4) – then X-1a would have been left behind long ago by those that can handle live transparency but do not wish to be held accountable for colour conversions to final...

As far as I know, the spectral data support it is mostly about spot colours, CMYK will still be handled by ICC profiles. http://www.color.org/CxF_test.xalter http://www.cgs-oris.com/en/products/oris-cxf-tools Some informative blog posts regarding PDF 2.0 here...

Cool! I thought that this would only be (potentially) possible with scripting, how to do so in a Illustrator action? Depending on the PDF export method, there may be unreliable results opening the PDF back into Illustrator. Stephen Marsh

Try to work out how this is happening in the first place so that you have a clean PDF. Have you tried different PDF export options, such as PDF/X etc? Otherwise you may either need custom scripting or there may just possibly be a way with PitStop Server if you have 900 files. Stephen Marsh

This javascript will only change registration colour to black: // Convert registration color to black // https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1990206 var doc = app.activeDocument; app.findObjectPreferences = app.changeObjectPreferences = null; app.findObjectPreferences.fillColor = "Registration"...

Another option is to use a very simply script. ALL text will be made black, so watch out for exceptions that are coloured (save the text as a .jsx file, ensure quotes are straight and not curly). function makeAllTextBlack() { var doc, blackColor; if( !app.documents.length ){...

The Kodak Flexcel NX flexo plate system uses a high resolution “digital film” TIL – Thermal Imaging Layer (thermal ablative, no processing) which is laminated to the NX plate before UV exposure, which is a simple but effective and cost effective way to increase dot quality (elimination of oxygen...

Thank you Joe, PricelineNegotiator and David for your input. I will setup duplicate IMAP based folders within Apple Mail. I will then dupe the existing legacy downloaded POP messages to the new IMAP based folders (which will by nature upload 15gb to the new server, which is not ideal however...

What I mean is that as long as I can access previously downloaded emails in Apple Mail at a future point potentially when I have no internet connection. I don’t wish to upload data and remove it from my local drive, then find out that I can’t search through the emails offline. Stephen Marsh

There appear to be 2 places where I can setup webmail filters. One is in the webmail “horde” interface, under mail/filters. This does not seem to work automatically. The other place is under my webmail account settings/email filters. This does work automatically. My preference would simply be...

Thanks Joe, there are rules on webmail, however in my test they did not automatically apply when the new mail landed, I had to log into webmail and manually apply the rules, which is pointless. I would prefer not to have to rebuild all the rules directly on the server, I have just recently done...

Indeed, this has forced me to now rethink how I now handle mail, as it was never an issue with POP. I tried setting up a folder on my webmail and a webmail rule. This sort of worked OK (visible in Apple Mail and on iPhone, however the web rule would not work automatically, I had to manually...