From: 'Dov Isaacs'
To: 'CTP-Q, Page Layout: Adobe, Quark, MS, PDF' www.printplanet.com
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The Adobe PDF Print Engine uses the latest version of ACE,
the Adobe Color Engine and makes use of its support for
device link profiles.
Three caveats:
(1) Currently, you must already have the device link profile
installed in order for ACE and hence the Adobe PDF Print Engine
to make use of it.
(2) Obviously (at least I hope it is obvious), the quality of
that device link profile determines whether black (or any other
channel) purity is maintained. Remember, GIGO!
(3) Not all Adobe's OEMs who will incorporate the Adobe PDF
Print Engine will actually either enable and/or allow use of
the Adobe Color Engine. Many of them love to 'diffentiate their
products into incompatibility' by either replacing or providing
preferred access to their own color management systems which
may or may not have support of device link profiles and/or
intelligent CMYK to CMYK conversions.
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layout and related applications as part of the larger printing
process.Conversations involve "Page Layout" issues encountered in software
applications offered by: Adobe, Quark, MS and others. Members also discuss
the flavors of PDF files. www.printplanet.com"