I have been having a pervasive printing error that I, as a professional should know how to avoid/solve but I can't seem to stop cutout images from printing richer than the surrounding color. Let me explain... [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Apr 13, 2009 - 15 answers

How to make InDesign export colours properly? [more inside]
posted by djgh on Apr 17, 2008 - 20 answers

When I build a spot gradient in Indesign or Illustrator I'm not getting exactly what I want. What I want: a very dark blue (say, PMS 2756) to black - with the blue getting darker and darker toward black. What I get on screen and on proof: the blue becoming a lighter gray, then the gray darkening toward black. I assume the solution rests in using a blue > nothing gradient in a layer above a blue > black and messing with overprinting / transparency but I'm unsure how to proceed. Any advice?
posted by luriete on Mar 12, 2008 - 11 answers

Is there any way to generate a series of swatches around a specific spot color in either Illustrator, InDesign, or CorelDraw? [more inside]
posted by Optimus Chyme on May 15, 2007 - 14 answers

InDesign, Acrobat and spot colors to PDF?! [more inside]
posted by beerbajay on Sep 14, 2006 - 7 answers