Take screen out of pdf in Photoshop

I have a client that provided a two-color logo as a pdf.  The press needs it separated to two plates.  My approach was to open the pdf in Photoshop and cut all elements of a certain color from the layer and place on a new layer. Then, turn off respective layers and send to press.  The only problem is that opening it in Photoshop gives it a screen instead of a solid spot.  How can I print a pdf to spot-color separations and make sure it is solid, not screened?

The press needs it separated to two plates.
Can you not print the separations from Acrobat itself?
Then, turn off respective layers and send to press.
Why not use Spot Channels in Photoshop?
Are you sure the logo is pixel-content and not vector?
Because then it would be better to do whatever in Illustrator, which can convert pdfs.
Have you tried opening the pdf, but instead of »Pages« select »Images«?
But that may not work, so a more convoluted way of getting the spot-images would be
• to print a separated pdf from Acrobat or Illustrator or Indesign (without downsampling and compression)
• then open the images from that pdf (either from Photoshop or from Acrobat by alt-double-clicking them with the Object TouchUp-Tool selected)

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