From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: MP spot color in gradient - help!
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 13:59:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28819A9B-917F-4E8E-BF27-6F3EA212809D@fiee.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DD24CCC.7090407@capdm.com>
Am 2011-05-17 um 12:24 schrieb Duncan Hothersall:
> but, inevitably, my printer wants it defined as a spot ink, and when
> I do this:
>
> \definecolor[PantoneThreeOneFourFive][c=1,m=0,y=.19,k=.23]
> \definespotcolor[TAXBgreenthirty][PantoneThreeOneFourFive][p=.3]
>
> the gradient turns to black instead of green. (The spot colour
> definition works fine in the rest of the document, just not in the
> gradient fill.)
>
> Could someone possibly let me know if it is even possible to define
> a gradient using a spot colour, or if I should instead revert to
> some alternative solution.
In PDF it’s possible, I don’t know about MP/ConTeXt.
Did you check (e.g. with Acrobat Pro) if your "Black" is indeed a spot
color? You may send me your PDF off-list.
Did you try defining your spot color with RGB values? (I remember I
needed that for something...)
Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-17 10:24 Duncan Hothersall
2011-05-17 11:16 ` Hans Hagen
2011-05-17 11:22 ` Duncan Hothersall
2011-05-17 11:59 ` Henning Hraban Ramm [this message]
2011-05-17 12:03 ` Hans Hagen
2011-05-17 12:10 ` luigi scarso
2011-05-17 19:01 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
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