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  • Gnash0

    the icc profile, and more importantly, the PDF job options, that sted referred to you can download off this linked PDF.

    https://images.dowjones.com/wp-c…

    • follow the instructions and you're golden.Gnash
    • - watch your colour density (220 max)- you can adjust images in photoshop if you have images

      never done this
      canoe
    • it's simpler than you think. Add up the 4 CMYK values and the total should not exceed 220. so, 40c40m40y100K = 220 total inkGnash
    • so if you make a colour in InDesign make sure the totals are more than that.Gnash
    • newsprint is an ink sponge - over that 220 limit and clots start to get muddyGnash
    • after you make the PDF, acrobat has an "Output Preview" option with various settings and warning indicators once you set parameters like Ink limitGnash
    • so review the PDF with that and it should highlight trouble spotsGnash
    • I get it, I'll have to give this a trycanoe

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