Overprint Text in PDF export

I am using Freehand MX 11.0.2 on Mac Leopard 10.5.2
In a couple of circumstances I noted that black text (100%K),
even when "overprint" is selected at the text's color palette, and
the layout exported as PDF (CMYK), but the black text does not
overprint – at least when I check opening the PDF in
Photoshop, the black text there is spared on the background.
Did others note the same problem or am I just doing something
wrong here...?
Thomas
http://www.zugergrafik.ch
Grafik Design Zug
http://www.ecliptic.ch Graphics
and Illustrations

> In a couple of circumstances I noted that black text
(100%K), even when
> "overprint" is selected at the text's color palette, and
the layout exported
> as PDF (CMYK), but the black text does not overprint
Thomas, you are doing nothing wrong. Freehand's PDF Export
function is not
suitable for professional printing jobs.
See this technote. The last line of the technote refers to
your problem.
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_13496
Get Adobe Acrobat Pro/Distiller.
From Freehand, print to a Postscript file. In Freehand's
advanced print
settings, ensure that the correct PPD has been selected. Use
either the
'Adobe PDF' PPD or the PPD of the Postscript printer that
will be used to
print the document.
Then use Distiller with 'Press Quality' settings to convert
the Postscript
file to PDF.
Judy Arndt

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