Spot and process inks

[myrthev73477725]

Hello, (my english is not that good, but i try to explain my question)

For a corporate identity i've used 2 spot colors. When I try to make a package, i see in the package summary:

My question is: I only used 2 spot colors, why does it say 4 process inks; 2 spot inks? Is this a problem?

Hopefully someone understands my question.

[Derek Cross]

Bare in mind, that the client's corporate identity will sometimes have no alternative but to be printed in black and white, greyscale or CMYK.

[rob day]

My question is: I only used 2 spot colors, why does it say 4 process inks; 2 spot inks? Is this a problem?

There is at least one object in your file using CMYK inks. It could be a process color (CMYK, RGB, or Lab) set to a 0% tint, something like this where I have a rectangle set to [Black] at 0%:

If the rectangle is filled with [Paper] there are no process inks used:

You can set up a Preflight Profile that will flag all objects using process inks. Like this

[rob day]

Also, before you preflight you should remove any process colors from the document. From the Swatches panel choose Add Unnamed Colors, and then delete all the swatches that don't have a spot color icon. If any of the process swatches are in use you'll be asked to choose a replacement and you can replace with one of your spots.