Preventing highlight colors from dropping out upon printing fromAcrobat?

[Bart Windrum <bart.windrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This query concerns controlling, if possible, graphics quality output from
Acrobat Reader, typically on the PC, when printing, primarily to greyscale
devices. While I don't mean to bask in my ignorance of color management, we
are not dealing with fine or photographic images or high res printing, thus
my need-to-know regarding CMS issues is, I think, limited. I'd like to keep
it that way as long as possible due to more pressing rigors on the job...


I create the figures in our dox with Photoshop 6/Mac as RGB files with PS's
default color management settings (I presume sRGB-whatever version #ing) and
save them as gifs. [the quality level works for our needs; this is not an
invitation to reenter the previous discussions regarding various eps flavors
and management] I use a variety of midtone to highlight values for shading.
They view onscreen in PS, FM, and Acro just fine, and print from FM true to
their saturation.

>From the Mac, I just now trouble-shot away a previous problem, that being
that these values would drop out to white; I set Acro5 advanced print prefs
to "Color Mgmnt: Same as Source" and saved the settings (note: this setting,
buried in the print dialog, will be lost whenever I have to reinstall
drivers or recreate desktop printers...grrr).

Here's the question: how can I preserve this outcome within the Acrobat file
so copies printed by recipients using Reader/Windows will maintain the same
grayscale values? If I can't preserve it w/in the file, are there simple
instructions I might include on the inside front cover as a printing note?

Thanks, 

__________
Bart Windrum
GUI Fit&Finish and Documentation
Diogenes Inc.
410 17th St. #1260
Denver CO 80202

720 904 2321 x125
fax 720 904 9032
Bart.Windrum@DiogenesInc.com



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