Saving the image for four-color printing

Before you save a Photoshop file for use in a four-color publication, you must change the image to CMYK color mode in order to print your publication correctly in four-color process inks. You’ll use the Mode command to change the image color mode.

For more information on color modes, see “Converting between color modes” in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 online Help.

You can perform these tasks only in Photoshop. ImageReady does not have printing capability and uses only one color mode, RGB, for on-screen display.

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Choose Image > Mode > CMYK Color.
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