Duotone Separations

CW
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Clint_Williams
Feb 9, 2004
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I’m trying to place a photo I’ve converted to duotone (PMS Spot + Black) with only 25% Black and 100% of the spot. Exported/save-as from a TIFF to an EPS from Photoshop. (Went from CMYK to Greyscale to Duotone – curved black to 25%).

Everytime I separate from Pagemaker – the Black plate comes out 100%. I have played around with the settings – even curving Black at 0% – but keeping it a duotone – the Black plate comes out 100% in separations.

I have changed the screen angle as suggested in the FAQ and I have searched the forums over for any reference to this and cannot find a similar situation.

What am I missing here? (Why am I doing this? The photo comes out too muddy when 100% of both – want that antique-like feeling without being illegible or just the spot color).

Thanks in advance.

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TD
Thee_DarkOverLord
Feb 9, 2004
Just a maybe but have you printed the seps out? or just looking at them on screen?
CW
Clint_Williams
Feb 9, 2004
Printed seps out…
SJ
sandy_johnson
Feb 9, 2004
Did you see my post on the Pagemaker forum? Are you sure you are adjusting your curve correctly? Are you printing to a postscript printer or a PCL?

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