Do you have Acrobat 6 or 7? Regardless of how you produce the PDF, you'll want to do a separation preview in Acrobat to be sure you have only process black and your spot color. On Mar 1, 2005, at 12:13 AM, Alan Holt wrote: > I have a question about PDF files. I have to send some artwork to a > printer > and they have requested it in pdf form. Now it is a BW file with a drop > pantone colour. If I use the create PDF function in the print option in > photoshop will that create the required format in the 2 colors I have > chosen > or will it turn the image into a CMYK file. > > Would it be better to use distiller? Once I have created a pdf file in > distiller is there a way of checking and making sure the colors are the > correct format?