Global Change Specific Color

[Bob Nietzold]

Using the Global Change to change a specific color on a PDF, it is just text and I am trying to change a spot color to just black. I have used this many time but now it doesn't work. Any ideas? Oh and I am using Pitstop 12 update 3.

 

[Ulrich]

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How do you choose the Color?

from the list of document colors or the fill of an active object?

Did you save, close and open again the PDF already after the changing?

Try mapping (use the search by building an action...), if you need fast succes.

Ulrich

 

[Bob Nietzold]

I used the grab color option. I have also tried the re-map color option.

 

[prepressdork]

Hi Bob,

Would you be willing to post the PDF here and provide the color details? I'd like to give it a try.

Thanks,
pd

 

[Bob Nietzold]

It is the red text. It's cmyk value is 100M and 40K. The color is listed as laser.
Thanks

 

[Joe]

Works fine in Pitstop 2019

 

[prepressdork]

I was able to easily convert the text from LASER to Black. The barcodes didn't seem to want to change with Pitstop.

pd

 

[Bob Nietzold]

That tells me that there is something wrong with our Pitstop. Thank you for taking the time to look into this matter.

 

[Bob Nietzold]

Does anyone have a reason the the Change specific color under Global changes has stopped working?

 

[jwheeler]

Another option to consider...if you are printing these on a digital press with a Fiery controller, you can create a custom spot color in Command Workstation with the same name, and modify the output color to be 100% K.

 

[Bob Nietzold]

The product will be printed on a conventional printing press but the red text will be applied by inkjet. Thanks anyway.

 

[Joe]

Does anyone have a reason the the Change specific color under Global changes has stopped working?

Is it set to do the global change on the current page or the whole document? The only time I've seen this happen is if I have it set to a page range that doesn't exist in the current document.

 

[namelessentity]

No issue for me with Pitstop 10.

 

[Bob Nietzold]

Joe you hit the nail on the head. I changed it to current page and it worked. Thank you and evryone so much for your help and input.
Case closed!

 

[Kumpel]

Dear Bob,
No issue for me with Pitstop 13v2 (except the pixel images like barcode..)

 

[sidneykidney]

Dear Bob,
No issue for me with Pitstop 13v2 (except the pixel images like barcode..)

Does anyone know if its possible to change the QR Code and barcode (which are both graphics) to black as well as the text.

 

[AC Prepress]

Does anyone know if its possible to change the QR Code and barcode (which are both graphics) to black as well as the text.

You can select them with the Edit Objects tool, right click to Properties…, then in the Color tab select a grayscale option in the Convert To: dropdown menu and click on Preserve Black

 

[Joe]

Does anyone know if its possible to change the QR Code and barcode (which are both graphics) to black as well as the text.

In Inspector. Select the image and 'Convert to Gray' under the 'Actions' menu in Inspector.

 

[sidneykidney]

You can select them with the Edit Objects tool, right click to Properties…, then in the Color tab select a grayscale option in the Convert To: dropdown menu and click on Preserve Black

How about within an 'action' or 'global change'. I would need to do something similar to 'find and change'. I needed to change a graphic from RGB Black to a particular Pantone within a 100 page document.