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Subject:Funny problem: FM/PDF color setting From:debbywu -at- benq -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:08:03 -0600
Hi all,
this morning I tried to turn a FM doc into PDF. Everything went fine,
except the colors were being funny. I had colour photos in the doc, but
they went through fine. I also had coloured texts and rectangles, which
did not turn out well.
Due to the company's VI guideline, I used the PANTONE colours for my
coloured texts and rectangles in FM, and when the doc was turned into PDF,
the colours went wrong. Not too wrong though, from reddish purple to
bluish purple, but it was still annoying.
In the end I decided to print out both FM and PDF on our laser colour
printer for a look. Now guess what happened? Yuppy, both doc showed the
same correct colour. Should I be happy? No, because this time I actually
won't print out the manuals. I will only ship the PDF files to end users.
And the colour difference is not cool or tolerable for me.
Has anyone encountered the similar problem before? Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks!
Best Regards,
Debby Wu
Still young and green in this field :)
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