designerstuart Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 hello all i've got a drawing with a few custom colors. I want to print everything black. it seems a ctb cannot affect custom colors, so is there a similar way to mange this? i've seen here that there is a way to do it using layouts, but that's not going to work for me. ideally i'd like to be able to choose what color is printed black, like a ctb, but will be happy with all black to begin with! any thoughts please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 CTB files can only control ACI colors 1-255. Truecolors and ColorBook colors will always print WYSIWYG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 CTB files can only control ACI colors 1-255.Truecolors and ColorBook colors will always print WYSIWYG. Dammit! thanks for clear answer though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Most Printers/Plotters can be set for plot black only. STBs can plot True colors as black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 STBs can plot True colors as black. wow so i've just found out that stbs are better than ctbs! thanks for comment - following which i read up on this. it looks like stbs could work long term. but it seems that you can't have 2 objects on the same layer that print different lineweights or colors... is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 wow so i've just found out that stbs are better than ctbs! thanks for comment - following which i read up on this. it looks like stbs could work long term. but it seems that you can't have 2 objects on the same layer that print different lineweights or colors... is that right?You have to give one of the objects an Object Property color, and lineweight all its own. Object proerties override layer properties. But then, you would be introducing an anomally that could confuse at revision time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 They both have their drawbacks and advantages. I use CTBs myself. To plot all black no matter colors, I set black only at the plotter level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 ok thanks for that my current problem is a subbie who seems unable to find that button so is asking for b&w pdfs. was even thinking of changing them to black in photoshop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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