Check for spot colors

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vernonvd
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Check for spot colors

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I want to create a action list to check if any spot colors is used but to exclude a specific spot like 'Die Trace' or 'CutContour'.
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Re: Check for spot colors

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I think this may be what you want:

Select all spot colors
Select spot color by name in list (Die Trace, CutContour, etc)
NOT
AND
Log Selection

It will exclude the specified spots from the selection.
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Re: Check for spot colors

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Hi Jslater

that is exactly what i came up with, it works but the log only shows in my case as error " Spot Color (2x on Page 1) and does not list the names of the Pantone colors.
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Re: Check for spot colors

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Then you can use "Check number of separations (total page check)". The number of separations should be equal to 0, if certain separations are not counted. You will obviously not want to count CMYK, All and tints with 0%, and then there is a field where you can specify the separation names you do not want to count. Check the "Use regular expressions" option and separate the different spot color names with the pipe symbol:
Die Trace|CutContour
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