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Re: Pantone Colours in Xpress 4.11
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Re: Pantone Colours in Xpress 4.11


  • Subject: Re: Pantone Colours in Xpress 4.11
  • From: Hans Haesler <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:58:33 +0200

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, email@hidden wrote:

>Sorry, I wan't clear enough.
>
>I've created a script that contains the line
>
>make color spec at beginning with properties {long name:"Pantone 485 CV",
>color type: pantone type, seperation: false}
>
>This creates a colour called "Pantone 485 CV" that corresponds to Process
>Yellow.

Steve,

that's a problem with QuarkXPress:
By setting the color type to Pantone, the CMYK values are modified
to the ones of "Process Yellow" = {0, 0, 65535, 0}.

You can't make "pure" Pantone colors. You can't set the Model and --
worse -- you can't set the screen angle.

Please try this script. Just type the number (without "CV"):
---
tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
activate
repeat
set shortName to text returned of (display dialog "Enter the number of the PANTONE. Coated
color spec to create:" default answer "123")
try
set colorProps to properties of color spec shortName of color system 1
exit repeat
on error
display dialog "The color spec " & shortName & " doesn't exist."
end try
end repeat
set longName to long name of colorProps
set CMYKval to CMYK color value of colorProps
tell document 1
set colorList to (name of every color spec)
if longName is not in colorList then
make color spec at end with properties {name:longName, CMYK color value:CMYKval, separation:false}
else
display dialog longName & "

" & "this color spec exists already." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon 0
end if
end tell
end tell
---
This works, even with names like "Rubine Red".

I have written a script which allows you to select one of the four Pantone
models and then choose from a list the color which you'd like to create.
If you're interested then drop me a line.

---
Hans Haesler <email@hidden>
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