Plate Text tag using pitstop server and Enfocus Switch

[PaulHough]

Text tag using pitstop server and Enfocus Switch











I am creating a a flow where I :



Take an imposed Pdf of the sheet size (example 19 x 25)

Add a plate with setbacks

Add a density bar

Add text tag for identifying color separations on plate



I am having trouble with the last step. I can not for the life of me figure out how to make a text tag with the correct color separations. For example



I have a document that prints as CMYK+Pantone 186 C

I can create a text line that Reads;



Cyan (on the Cyan Separation)

Magenta (on the Magenta Separation)

Yellow (on the Yellow Separation)

Black (on the Black Separation)

Pantone 186 C (I can not put this on the 186 seperation without manual intervention)



Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated



Thanks,

Paul Hough

[dkelly]

Use Stat.Colorants to get the spot color names, add CMYK to the string and set a Pitstop variable that is used to Stamp Text in Pitstop

[PaulHough]

D Kelly,



Thank you for the quick response. unfortunately this does not work. You can indeed pull the color names in from stats.colorants, but you can not use the same variable as a fill color. The fill color variable has to be a boolean. ( if Boolean == True then fill Color = Static value)



Unless I am missing something.



Thanks,

Paul Hough

[dkelly]

ah, I missed that part of your requirements. I would recommend using Apago's PDFspy to retrieve the color names and spot simulation values. A simple script could read the values from PDFspy and set the appropriate variables for color names and values.

[PaulHough]

Thanks for the additional info, But i do not have a copy of that program. Is there a way to accomplish this using pitstop?



Thanks,

Paul Hough