Prepress: Spot Color 1 in EPS Files Is Displayed as a Tint in Spot Color (825925)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 with Digital Image Pro

SYMPTOMS

When you import a spot color encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphic in a publication, one of the spot colors in the EPS graphic may be displayed as a tint of Spot Color 1 instead of as a solid color.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the spot color that is used in the EPS graphic is defined as the same spot color as "spot color 1" in the publication. This problem also occurs if the spot color in the EPS graphic includes any process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, or black) and the publication is a spot color job with "spot color 1" as one of the process colors that is used by the EPS graphic.

WORKAROUND

Print the Publication as Color Separations

Rearrange the spot color inks in the publication so that spot color 1 is a color that is not one of the spot colors in the EPS graphic. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, and then click Color Printing.
  2. Click the Colors tab.
  3. Note the Pantone color or CMYK color that is being used by the EPS graphic. You may have to widen the Color Printing dialog box to see the Pantone color number.
  4. Click the Inks tab.
  5. Click the down arrow next to Spot Color 1, and then click Change Color.
  6. In the Color model list, click Pantone, and then click Change color.
  7. Click another Pantone color. If there is only one spot color, click Pantone Black.
  8. Click OK two times.
  9. Click New Ink.
  10. In the Color model list, click Pantone.
  11. Click the Pantone color that is defined for the EPS graphic's spot color.
  12. Click OK two times.

Print the Publication as a Composite CMYK PostScript

You can ignore the way that the EPS graphics are displayed on the screen and in the Colors list. When you print from Publisher 2003 as a composite CMYK PostScript, the EPS graphics always print in their original colors.

MORE INFORMATION

In a spot color publication, Publisher 2003 always treats spot color 1 as black. Therefore, if any EPS graphics contain spot color 1, Publisher 2003 creates a tint of that color based on the color's luminosity. For example, in your publication, spot color 1 is red (CMYK: 0, 100, 100, 0) and your EPS graphic contains that spot color. The spot color is displayed as a 59% tint of red because the luminosity of that color is about 40 (on a scale from 0 - 99).

This symptom does not occur if you are printing your publication as a composite CMYK. Publisher 2003 sends the EPS code to the output device with its original colors.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/12/2006
Keywords:kbPostScript kbprepress kbprint kbpending kbBug KB825925 kbAudEndUser
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