List all (spot)colors of pdf files

tkittel · Post by **tkittel** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:37 pm

Hello!

I'm trying create list of all (spot)colors in a pdf file, using the 'Stats.Colorants' variable of PowerSwitch 09. Using this variable, I expected a result as indexed text, showing the names of the separations.

Testing with different pdf files and the 'condition with variables" function manually, the 'sample value' always shows nothing - it's blank. How to use this variable successfully?

In the next step I'll try to automate creating this list of colors. Therefore I'll define a new field "color_list" and use the scripting API within an checkpoint (to communicate with the client version).

Any ideas, how to realize?

Thanks in advance!

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:49 pm

Hello,

Stats.Colorants only works for TIFF files.

You could use Apago's PDFspy, which is supported by Switch Configurator, to retrieve the spot colors in a PDF file.

I created a simple Switch scripted condition that enumerates the spot colors in PDF. Contact me if you want a copy.

Dwight Kelly

Apago, Inc.

dkelly@apago.com

tkittel · Post by **tkittel** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:50 am

Hello Dwight,

I hope my email arrived, because I'm very interested in your script, which enumerates the spotcolors in PDF. Thanks in advance!

thomas_kittel@web.de