I Need To Know How To Create A PDF Spot Color Separation

[KWM]

I need to create a PDF file from an In-design file that can be separated by the printer into 2 colors (black/spot). Management is unwilling to provide me with help in troubleshooting this issue via contact with our printer. It's up to me to resolve. All I can seem to accomplish is a CMYK separation. Help files have been, well.... helpless. Could this be a postscript issue. I am very novice about postscript. Any ideas where I can quickly learn about this topic?
KWM

 

[jimoblak]

There are two ways to approach this...

1) Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional can separate PDFs all by itself. This is done in the print dialog with the 'Advanced Settings'.

2) You can use InDesign to print (not export) separations to a postscript file. You can distill this postscript to a PDF file.

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[MarcusStringer]

You can also...
if you want to print a two colour composite PDF, instead of a seperated PDF then under your Print window click on Output change you option from seperated to I think Composite CMYK then click on Ink manager then make sure you have All Spots to Process clicked off.
This will allow you to print spot colours in you PDF's

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[solarwarrior]

I never work with two spot color before, but knowing that you can work in layers cant you try to put the red in one layer and black in the other?

 

[jimoblak]

Sure, you could separate by layers but this can get awkward if a single graphic contains both colors.

For best results with trapping, it is best (and easiest) to use the color separation features built into InDesign and Acrobat.

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