InDesign CMYK file to MONO PDF

[jamesmurphy]

I have an ad which has been put together in InDesign with placed CMYK tiffs and Illustrator EPS files which also have colours.

I need to supply the ad as a MONO PDF. Now surly there must be a button to click on the PDF export menu to make the file MONO... Rather than having to build the whole ad in mono from scratch?

Any advice guys - I'm sure I'm missing a trick here!

Thank you!

J.

 

[apepp]

...direct export pdf is tricky, you can either use the print to postscript dialogue as composite grey then distill the postcript or print to a pdf printer if you have acrobat suite installed...

...this is of course a bit of a roulette as to how differing elements will come out, so proceeding with this method hasn't much in the way of control...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...depending on your version of indesign, you may need to employ a transparency trick when printing to composite grey...

...you may wish to read this link:

http://www.nickhodge.com/mn8/article/715/

...hope it helps...

Andrew