Layout to PDF print settings

I’m having a problem where saving layout files to pdf does something to the color settings so that when I go to print that PDF the CMYK colors aren’t true.

I use CMYK magenta for my dims and if I print straight from Layout they print magenta, but when I save to PDF and then print that PDF they print a much darker color. I don’t see any settings when exporting to PDF to choose CMYK/RBG/anything like that.

The lighting is bad so it’s hard to see the difference, but the first image is true magenta printed straight from layout and the second is darker printed from the PDF.

Welcome to the confusing world of Color Profiles and PDF outputs (prints).

This article may help…

what application are you printing ‘from’ for the PDF…

you need to check it’s colour profile…

john