We are looking to find a way to accuratly proof black plate changes in a PDF workflow using the Heidelberg MetaDimension workflow and a HP5000 proofer.
Currently we have a number of customers who send PDF files for jobs that have multiple versions. They send a composite 4C PDF for each version and ask us to use the CMY from one PDF as a base and take only the K from the other PDFs for the black plate changes.
Right now we do not have a way to proof the base CMY combined with the K of each version, either by hardcopy or by soft preview and this has become an issue because we cannot gaurentee that the customer has setup a base CMY that will work for each version.
Does anyone know of a workflow or Acrobat plugin that works in showing if a K plate works with a base CMY?
Thank you
Edited by: Joseph Schmidt on Feb 27, 2008 12:13 AM
Currently we have a number of customers who send PDF files for jobs that have multiple versions. They send a composite 4C PDF for each version and ask us to use the CMY from one PDF as a base and take only the K from the other PDFs for the black plate changes.
Right now we do not have a way to proof the base CMY combined with the K of each version, either by hardcopy or by soft preview and this has become an issue because we cannot gaurentee that the customer has setup a base CMY that will work for each version.
Does anyone know of a workflow or Acrobat plugin that works in showing if a K plate works with a base CMY?
Thank you
Edited by: Joseph Schmidt on Feb 27, 2008 12:13 AM