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Preparing EPS files
InDesign can properly color manage placed EPS files from Photoshop, provided they were
saved with PostScript color management. PostScript color management embeds the color
data as PostScript-equivalent color space arrays (CSAs), which InDesign uses for on-screen
display and printing. Using the CSAs, InDesign can display and print a file as it appeared in
Photoshop, provided you use the same profiles and CMS settings in both InDesign and
Photoshop.
Important:
Be sure you thoroughly understand the implications of using a PostScript
color-managed output workflow before you prepare EPS files for your InDesign layout.
PostScript color management sends the document’s color data, along with the source
space profile, directly to a printer, and the printer manages the colors. Because of this, the
exact results of the color conversion can vary among printers.
For more information on using PostScript color management in Photoshop, see the
Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 User Guide
or its online Help.
Preparing PDF files
If you create PDF files that you intend to place in your color-managed InDesign document,
be sure to turn on color management and embed profiles. If a PDF file contains embedded
profiles, InDesign can color-manage the display and printing of that file. However, you
cannot use InDesign to change the profiles embedded in PDF files.
When a PDF file does not contain embedded profiles, InDesign can display and print the
file as it appeared in the program that created it, if that program supports color
management and you use the same profiles and CMS settings in both InDesign and the
other program. However, this method cannot account for individual images contained
within a file, each of which may require different profiles.
Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat Distiller 4.0 and later can embed a
profile for each image in a PDF document. InDesign recognizes and uses these image-
specific profiles.
Color-managing converted QuarkXPress or PageMaker files
When you convert QuarkXPress or PageMaker documents, ICC-compliant profiles
embedded in images contained in the converted document are preserved, and treated as
if placed directly into a new InDesign document. This means you can use the Image Color
Settings command to control profile settings for those images. Profiles that are not ICC-
compliant will be replaced using the default CMS settings and profiles you specified for
InDesign.
Color-managing colors imported using the Clipboard
When you import colors by pasting them from another InDesign document, InDesign
applies to the colors the color management policies specified in the Color Settings
dialog box.
When you paste content from a program other than InDesign, the colors are treated as if
they were created using the source profile of the receiving document. This is because it is
not common for programs to embed profiles in Clipboard data.