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| Posted By : sPretzel - 1/9/2014 7:18 AM | Hello,
I read a couple of threads discussing the problem with Finale printing to PDF and converting pure blacks to rich blacks in the process (includes components in CMYK).
http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=215479
http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=186499
However, it's not quite clear to me still what the better option is to keep pure blacks. Printing to EPS preserves pure blacks but my concern is how to preserve pure blacks when printing to PDF from Finale. I would like to stick to Finale and Acrobat in this process and not resort to any other software.
I have found that if I print from Finale to PDF (the file then contains rich black), and from this PDF, check the box "Print color as black" in the Print dialogue page and print again to PDF, it appears to work and convert everything back to 100% K only.
So my question is:
What is the preferred method to print from Finale to PDF and keep pure blacks (CMYK is 0 0 0 100%)?
Finale 2007c |
| Posted By : KnightTime - 1/9/2014 7:21 AM | | I am also curious about this. |
| Posted By : Peter West - 1/9/2014 7:29 AM | I have not found a reliable method in Finale. I use Acrobat it has a pre-flight profile that fixes the problem.
Peter
Music Publishing Services
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Finale 2008 2009 2010 2012/Logic Pro Studio |
| Posted By : KnightTime - 1/9/2014 7:31 AM | | Peter if you print to the Adobe PDF printer are you saying that the blacks come out correct via Finale? I never use the built in Finale to PDF option. Ever. |
| Posted By : sPretzel - 1/9/2014 7:41 AM | Peter West said...
I have not found a reliable method in Finale. I use Acrobat it has a pre-flight profile that fixes the problem.
Hi Peter. Would you mind describing the steps you follow in Preflight within Acrobat? Thanks.
Finale 2007c |
| Posted By : sPretzel - 1/9/2014 8:57 AM | Peter, I tried a few fixup options in Preflight and "Convert color to grayscale" changed the rich black from the Finale file (the PDF print generated from Finale) to pure black. Is that what you use?
Finale 2007c |
| Posted By : Peter West - 1/9/2014 10:30 AM | That's right. In Advanced>Preflight you should get a long list of presets. One of them is called Digital Printing (B/W). This is the one I use.
Peter
Music Publishing Services
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Mac 2.66GHz Intel Quad, 4GB RAM /OSX.8.6 /30 inch cinema display+20 inch Cinema Display
Finale 2008 2009 2010 2012/Logic Pro Studio |
| Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 1/9/2014 10:44 AM | The problem occurs in various, but not all versions of Finale. It arises because of Finale using RGB colourspace to describe components. If these are converted to CMYK, they can be represented as a spread across all four inks, with K at 80% or so.
Depending on what you're printing to, this might not be a problem. But in traditional prepress environments, this can result in grey halftone notation, if the correction isn't made.
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Finale 2014, 2.6Ghz 2012 MacMini 16Gb RAM (10.9); 2009 MacBook
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| Posted By : sPretzel - 1/9/2014 4:25 PM | Thanks Peter/Wiggy.
Peter, I also have a convert to B/W. That one converts any colour to 100% black only (no shades of gray). It works too.
Wiggy, indeed, I am aware of the issue in a print environment. My surprise came from Finale treating EPS and print to PDF differently: print to EPS preserves pure blacks (or at least converts RGB black to pure black) but print to PDF doesn't. The problem certainly exists in Finale 2007.
Thankfully, there is a workaround...
Finale 2007c |
| Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 1/10/2014 11:54 AM | Exporting EPS from Finale has its own problems, of course. Again, depending on version.
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Finale 2014, 2.6Ghz 2012 MacMini 16Gb RAM (10.9); 2009 MacBook
Edirol FA-66; M-Audio Oxygen 61; Yamaha PSR-410, HP Laserjet 5200 DTN
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| Posted By : sPretzel - 1/10/2014 12:14 PM | I have experienced some of those too, Wiggy. Some characters do not export properly to EPS.
Finale 2007c |
| Posted By : La Leyenda - 1/11/2014 8:20 PM | OP:
I have problems Exporting to PDF and EPS too. It's always been weak in my opinion but PDF slightly edges out EPS in being more "usable" (when it works).
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