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Hello, 

We are experiencing a problem with our PDF workflow. We produce a detailed table in FrameMaker 5 on Macintosh. This file is printed as an EPS file and sent to the Art Dept. for inclusion in their QuarkXpress catalog page. The finished Quark page is then made into a PostScript file and distilled by Acrobat Distiller. The distilled file is sent to our printer. 

The problem is the FrameMaker EPS table has color in it. The colors are defined as CMYK in the FrameMaker doc. It imports correctly into the Quark document. It displays properly on the screen in the Quark document and it prints correctly when printing color separations from QuarkXpress. 

The problem begins when the Quark document is sent to the Distiller. The distilled documents are then sent to the separator for separation into the color plates. Our separator says the little color box in the FrameMaker table causes an error at output and that the box is being recognized as an RGB object and therefore fails to separate correctly. 

So far, the solution has been to open the FrameMaker EPS file in Adobe Illustrator and save it out of there as an EPS file, then import that file into the Quark document. The PDF then rips correctly. 

I would like to find a solution where the Art Dept. does NOT have to open the FrameMaker EPS file in Illustrator and save it again. The FrameMaker table has already been proof-read and approved. 

I appreciate any thoughts on this problem.