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• Choose File > Save As, and choose PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript for the file type. Click Settings, and then
click Ink Manager.
Open the Ink Manager in InDesign
Do one of the following:
• From the Separations Preview panel menu (Window > Output > Separations Preview), choose Ink Manager.
• Choose File > Print, and click Output. In the Output section, click Ink Manager.
Specify which colors to separate
Each separation is labeled with the color name that InDesign assigned it. If an icon of a printer appears next to the
color name, InDesign creates a separation for the color. Any spot inks—including those defined and used in
imported PDF files or EPS graphics—also appear in the ink list.
1 In the Output area of the Print dialog box, select Separations or, if you use a PPD file that supports in-RIP separa-
tions, select In-RIP Separations.
2 Do one of the following:
• To create a separation, make sure that the printer icon is displayed next to the color name in the ink list.
• To choose not to create a separation, click the printer icon next to the color’s name. The printer icon disappears.
Separate spot colors as process
Using the Ink Manager, you can convert spot colors to process colors. When spot colors are converted to process
color equivalents, they are printed as separations rather than on a single plate. Converting a spot color is useful if
you’ve accidentally added a spot color to a process color document, or if the document contains more spot colors
than are practical to print.
1 In the Ink Manager, do one of the following:
• To separate individual spot colors, click the ink-type icon to the left of the spot color or aliased spot color. A
process color icon appears. To change the color back to spot, click the icon again.
• To separate all spot colors, select Convert All Spots To Process. The icons to the left of the spot colors change to
process color icons. To restore the spot colors, deselect Convert All Spots To Process.
Note: Selecting Convert All Spots To Process removes any ink aliases you’ve set up in the Ink Manager and can also affect
overprinting and trapping settings in the document.
2 (InDesign only) To use the Lab values of a spot color rather than CMYK definitions, choose Use Standard Lab
Values For Spots.
Create an ink alias for a spot color
You can map a spot color to a different spot or process color by creating an alias. An alias is useful if a document
contains two similar spot colors when only one is required, or if it contains too many spot colors. You can see the
effects of ink aliasing in the printed output, and you see the effects on-screen if Overprint Preview mode is on.
1 In the Ink Manager, select the spot color ink you want to create an alias for.
2 Choose an option in the Ink Alias menu. The ink type icon and ink description change accordingly.