Clean Up Black

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What it does

Converts certain colors to real gray or real or CMYK black (see options). You can choose whether or not to convert ICC tagged colors as well.

Converting black to "real" black, is usually done to save on ink (so that only one ink is needed, instead of three or four inks, for almost the same result).

How to proceed

  1. Select the appropriate option(s):
    • Convert Registration Color to real gray (Registration Color = Separation all; typically used for printer marks)
    • Convert RGB gray or impure gray to real gray
    • Convert RGB black or impure black to real black
    • Convert Gray to CMYK black
  2. Select Include ICC tagged colors as required.