Thank you Joe that worked out GREAT!!!

Yes i have pitstop

Th customer sent in a B/W pdf that they are going to print in PMS 371. I need to make them a proof in the PMS color. What is the BEST way to convert to a PMS color.

I sure want to THANK EVERYONE for your help !!!!! This is a great site for info. If i have anymore questions i will be back!!!

Ok maybe i'm lost now.  How do you exported as PDF using the output convert to CMYK, without using the Ink Manager?  I changed the spot colors in the swatches and exported a pdf and they converted.

Did you make a plate? Everything showed right but it did not come out on the plate. I'll try the Ink Manager and see if that works.

I did not convert the colors in Acrobat. I placed the original pdf in Indesign, then it import the spot colors, i went to swatches and made them CMYK, then exported pdf, it was CMYK when opened in Acrobat, sent it to TF, check softproof, everything was there, made plates, converted spot colors gone on plate.

When i converted the spots in Acrobat then imported to indesign everything worked fine.  I was just wondering why it did not work the other way.

 :undecided: Ok try these

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mh5tg4


http://www.sendspace.com/file/ihm94m

Here are the 2 files that i had the problem with.. Thanks for ALL YA"LLS HELP



http://www.sendspace.com/delete/ihm94m/b1558c6ada0960acd115b454a6168a7a

http://www.sendspace.com/delete/mh5tg4/15b5eaf0b481bb026e79e40c2311c736

Whats the best way i can send you these 2 files? one 7.9kb and the other 748kb

The spot color "New Color Swatch 2" was what was missing. I did just change it in the swatches and not the Ink manager. The file is to large to post so if i can get a e-mail to send the file, it is 748kb i will send the file. I also have another file that is 7.9kb that has spot colors PANTONE 187 CHC and PANTONE 655 CHC in it. They were lost on the plate too. First time i have seen a pantone with CHC???

I want the spot to print CMYK.

I converted the spot color in Indesign. What ever spot color it brought into the swatches. Export a pdf out of Indesign and look at it Acrobat and i only had CMYK. If i convert the spot colors in pitstop before i bring it into Indesign they print fine. I was just wondering why it didn't work converting the colors in Indesign.

I'm not sure if this is a Trueflow problem or Indesign. I get pdf files and put them in a layout in Indesign. If they have a spot color i change it to cymk. I make a pdf that is CMYK and send it to Trueflow. I look at the pdf in acrobat and it shows cmyk, but when i make plates the spot colors that i changed to cmyk are missing??? Can anyone please help me!!!