Questions About Production

I have a client that has asked me to cleanup book files for output to a printer. The container file is an InDesign file with 48 pages that have lots of linked low res graphics. He wants me to convert all the hi res RGB JPG images to CMYK, 300 ppi (no resampling), and tifs.  My questions are as follows:
Would it make sense to setup an action that does all of this at once? (I already set this up and it seems to be working well. But just wanted other's input.)
When converting files from RGB to CMYK, should I go up to Image/Mode/CMYK? Or go to "Convert to profile" or "Assign Profile"?
Should I always embed the CMYK profile? I usually would embed SWOP v2.
If I want an Action to be recorded, for example, if I want to automatically embed the color profile into the image when saving it as a tif, does the first image that I record with need to NOT have an embedded profile? Then once I click the embed profile it will record it? Same with LZW compression, does the first image need to lack LZW compression in order for it to get recorded when I click on it for the first time for that image?
Thanks for the help!

• Yes, that would make sense. In combinations with Image Processor or Batch or as a Droplet that should make the task a lot easier. (Personally I would use Scripting but that would hardly pay off for infrequent jobs.)
• One cannot Assign a CMYK-profile to an RGB-image, Converting is preferable to Mode – CMYK unless You are certain that Your Color Settings fit the requirements exactly. Anyway Assigning Profiles is best avoided unless one has a certain grasp of what that means (changing display without changing pixel values as opposed to converting, where the values are changed to maintain the appearance under different conditions).
• Embedding seems definitively advisable, otherwise people farther down the production-line will have a hard time ascertaining which print-condition the images were separated for.
• I don’t think so. Moreover with Image Processor the saving step would not need to be part of the Action.
As regards relinking the images in bulk You might search/or post in the Indesign (Scripting) Forum.

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    >
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