Changing Cyan to a pms color

[dauby]

Hi,

We are using Preps 5.1.2. We have some customers sending us 2 color files (quark, pdf, ps, and eps) specked as black and cyan but will be printing black and pms. We send files from a mac thru Nexus 8.1 rev3 and preps sends it to our hp printers. Is it posible at preps to change the cyan plate to a pms so the proof comes out the color the customer wants to print?

Thanks, Dauby

[jimking]

My experience is that it is easier to change one pms to another pms or change a pms to a process color. However, changing a process color to a spot may be tricky. Access your color software that you use on your color printers and bring up the colors used in a particular ripped signature. Click the cyan and see if you can over ride the cyan name and type in a pms color. I can change spot colors on my color proofer but not cmyk.

[mattbeals]

Remap the color in the PDF using PitStop.

[DHG]

Leave the cyan as is. For the text mark in Preps, type the PMS color in cyan.