Pantone Colour SEPARATION

[ale]

Hello,
Is there a way to colour separate a full colour CYMK image in
Illustrator or Photoshop to determine how many process colour plates
that will be made for the print of the image?

Can the same be done for a 3 pantone colour image? Of course there would
be 3 plates for this image.
thanks, Alex

[DiAbLo]

If you have a PostScript printer the <Separation Setup> MENU under FILE
MENU menu should be abailable. Change the output to SEPARATE not
COMPOSITE.

Otherwise if you have Adobe Acrobat select the Adobe printer from your
CHOOSER PANEL (Apple MENU). When you do that <Separation Setup) should
be available. Than you can setup the output characteristics and output
to a .pdf. I usaully include printer's marks so I can check bleed.

The Acrobat Distiller module will create a 2-Color (B&W) multipage
document based on your output selections (CMYK / Pantone). Don't select
convert to process for any of your spot colors!

I use this method all the time to check separations and overprint items.

If you don't have Acrobat you could place the image into a Quark,
InDesign or PageMaker layout and output the proofs that way.

T.

In article <3F089937.5070800@rogers.com>, ale <ale99@rogers.com> wrote:
Hello, Is there a way to colour separate a full colour CYMK image in Illustrator or Photoshop to determine how many process colour plates that will be made for the print of the image? Can the same be done for a 3 pantone colour image? Of course there would be 3 plates for this image. thanks, Alex