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setting temporary Ink Manager options through the Output Preview

panel (which will affect output from Acrobat in the current session, but

will not cause a permanent change to the file), or choosing permanent

Ink Manager options through the Convert Colors tool function. It’s very

important to recognize the differences between the two Ink Manager

approaches, so that you do not inadvertently permanently change a

PDF through Convert Colors, unless you truly intend to do so.

To display the Ink Manager, click Ink Manager in the Output Preview

dialog box, or click the Ink Manager tool in the Print Production task list.

The Ink Manager is also available when you print; to access it, click Ink

Manager in the Output panel of the Advanced Print Setup dialog box.

You can perform the following tasks in the Ink Manager:

•To create an ink alias, select the spot-color ink for which you want an

alias, and then choose a color from the Ink Alias menu. e ink type

icon and ink description change accordingly. When you print the le

from Acrobat, content using the original spot color will then be output

on the new chosen plate.

•To convert an individual spot color to process, click the spot icon to

the le of the color name ( ). To convert all spot colors to process,

click Convert All Spots To Process. e icon next to each color changes

to CMYK color mode ( ). Until you print the document, converting

spots to process aects only the display. When you convert spot colors

to process colors during printing, only the output is aected; the

document remains unchanged.

•To restore spot colors, deselect Convert All Spots To Process, or click

the icon to the le of the spots you wish to restore.

Ink Manager

Remap one spot color ink to another or to a process ink.

Also, convert all spot inks to process with one click.

Note: If multiple spot colors with dierent specications (such as PMS 185C, PMS

185CV, and PMS 185CVU) are converted to process, color inconsistency may occur in

objects using the dierent spot colors. If the objects are intended to be the same color

but you don’t have access to the original application les, remap the extraneous spot

inks to one spot ink, then process the PDF as four-color process, using controls in your

RIP’s soware, to ensure consistency of color.

Output Preview: Using Ink Manager for Temporary Ink

Mappings

The Ink Manager available in Output Preview temporarily modifies the

way inks are treated for output. You can use the Ink Manager to

temporarily remap a spot-color ink to its equivalent CMYK process

color or to an existing spot or process color, using what’s called Ink

Alias. (However, you cannot map a process color to a spot ink.) The

effects of ink aliasing appear on screen in Output Preview and in the

printed output, but are in effect only while the PDF is open in Acrobat

during the current session. A spot color aliased to a process color

appears as that process color in the document during Output Preview.

Spot inks mapped to process colors won’t display correctly unless

viewed in Output Preview mode, but they will output from Acrobat

according to changes made in the Ink Manager. Keep in mind that

changes chosen in the Ink Manager affect display and output only until

the PDF is saved and closed. When the PDF is closed (even if it is saved),

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