I am placing a logo designed in Ai CC 2017 into a Indesign CC 2017 document. Both documents have 100 black used in them. I have doubled checked and neither one uses a ritch black, they each only have 100 K. However they do not match. Does any one know why this might be? If it helps I am using a Mac.
The logo was made in AI. and I was previewing it in Acrobat pro.
I was able to fix it by modifying setting on my digital press.
However I am having the same problem with another file were I had to add a bleed to a business card. The original card was given to me as a pdf. When I placed it in Indesign to add the bleed I made sure to sample the black from the card. When printed the bleed black is darker then the black in the card. I previewed the file in Acrobat pro and the looked at the color breakdown in Output Preview and both blacks have the exact same cmyk breakdown. Both are c0 m0 y0 k100. Any idea why?
Have you ever set up synchronized color management in your 4 print apps? (PS, ID, AI, and Acrobat)
Synchronizing would affect future documents but not existing ones, and there would still be the possibility of differences in the black preferences affecting previews in the two apps.
The preview of 0|0|0100 black is handled by the document's assigned CMYK profile, make sure both the logo and the InDesign file have the same CMYK profiles assigned Edit>Assign Profiles...
Also both applications have an Appearance of Black preference, make sure they match. Display All Blacks Accurately allows the assigned CMYK profile to adjust the display of black so that it more accurately reflects what will happen on a press printing to the assigned profile. Offset inks are transparent so black only will almost always have a somewhat lighter value or appearance than black plus a combination of CMY.
I have made sure to sync color settings using bridge across the various Adobe aps. I've noticed this same problem with other colors besides just black. I have a flier that uses a background made in Photoshop CC with type set in INdesign CC. I have color used in the background that I need to match in the Indesign document. I checked and they have the same CMYK breakdown and the same blend mode but the colors are drastically different.
I have made sure to sync color settings using bridge across the various Adobe aps
Again, sync'ing doesn't affect existing documents. For existing documents you have to check that both the InDesign and Illustrator document's assigned profiles are the same via Edit>Assign Profiles...
The top green was created in Indesign. The bottom green is on the template made in Photoshop. Both have the same CMYK break down. Both are set to Multiple.
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The top green was created in Indesign. The bottom green is on the template made in Photoshop. Both have the same CMYK break down. Both are set to Multiple.
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