Separated EPS export from INDD

I need to get INDD to generate a set of separated EPS files (ie one eps per swatch color that has been used), rather than a composite eps. Its not a standard export option. Does anyone know how to use scripting to do this. Thank you.

<div class=Section1> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ole<o:p></o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for replying to me – I hope an email reply is OK for you<o:p></o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have to produce eps files out of INDD for a printing company that has equipment that can only accept separated EPS – one eps per color. Its all spot colors. Some of the inks are actually metallic foils – they go into a machine which makes dies that cut the foils. I don’t understand much about the back end, but its all more than 15 years old, and it only takes separated eps.<o:p></o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One thing I’m investigating is whether its possible to dissect a composite EPS into its components – I can write a program to do this, if I can see the pattern in the eps<o:p></o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Brian<o:p></o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p> <div> <font size=2 color=navy face=Arial>color:navy'>Brian Anderson <a href="BLOCKED::mailto:[email protected]" title="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> Phone +61 2 9943 1355 Fax +61 2 9943 1035 <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u3:City u2:st="on"><u3:place u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</u3:place></u3:City></u1:CITY></u1:PLACE></st1:place></st1:City> +61 403 310055<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>face="Times New Roman"> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:face=Tahoma> Olav Kvern [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2008 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Separated EPS export from INDD<o:p></o:p> </div> 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p> face="Times New Roman">A new message was posted by Olav Kvern in InDesign Scripting -- Separated EPS export from INDD Hi brianjanderson, There's not really a way to do this using export. You could do it by printing PostScript to disk and then processing the PostScript using Distiller, but, before we talk about that, tell me--why do you need to do this? Thanks, Ole <o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width=200 style='width:150.0pt' align=left> </div> face="Times New Roman">View/reply at <a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3c063ada/0">Separated EPS export from INDD</a> Replies by email are OK. Use the <a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.3c063ada!folder=.eea52bc">unsubscribe</a> form to cancel your email subscription.<o:p></o:p> </div>

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