Color Profiles

• Warn: If an option is set to warn, SendMyAd will warn the user that their file has possible issues, and the user must approve the ad. Users are not required to upload a new file.
• Reject: If an option is set to reject, any ads that fail these parameters will automatically be rejected. This requires the advertiser to upload a new file after correcting the preflight error(s).
• Ignore: Will ignore any parameters set to this state.

Color Profiles can be controlled and customized through the dropdown settings on the righthand side. Each dropdown has a list of settings which highlighted below:

General Color Profile Settings

• Name of Profile
• Use this profile for print ads
• Default for print ad reservations
• Short Label
• Color Spaces
• Use Preflight Profile
• Set output intent to:
• Set JPG ICC output to:
• Convert all colors to:

Channel Space Flags

• If a CMYK channel is found
• If an RGB channel is found
• If a Gray channel is found
• If a DeviceN channel is found
• If an ICC based channel is found
• If a separation channel is found
• If a sport color channel is found

Vector Object Flags

• If white overprint is found on a vector object
• If black overprint is found on a vector object
• If colored overprint is found on a vector object
• If Black RGB is found on a vector object
• If Gray RGB is found on a vector object
• If White Knockout is found on a vector object
• If Black Knockout is found on a vector object
• If Color Knockout is found on a vector object

Image Color Flags

• If an image in the document is found to have CMYK color space
• If an image in the document is found to have RGB color space
• If an image in the document is found to have Device Gray color space
• If an image in the document is found to have DeviceN color space
• If an image in the document is found to have CIE (LAB) color space
• If an image in the document is found to have ICC profile
• If an image in the document is found to have color separation
• If an image in the document is found to have spot color separation

Text Color Flags

• If a White Overprint is found on text in the document ignore it
• If a Black Overprint is found on text in the document ignore it
• If a Color Overprint is found on text in the document ignore it
• If a Black RGB color space is found on text in the document warn user
• If a Gray RGB color space is found on text in the document warn user
• If a White Knockout is found on text in the document warn user
• If a Black Knockout is found on text in the document reject file
• If a Color Knockout is found on text in the document

General Document Color Flags

• If the document is set to No Overprint Mode
• If the document’s overprint mode is set to 0
• If the document contains hue, saturation, color or luminosity layer blending modes
• If the document is found to have any separations
• If exact number of color channels is less than x or greater than x

Ink Coverage

• Minimum ink density per pixel is <  x  % and the total problem pixels per page are >  x  %
• Maximum ink density per pixel is <  x  % and the total problem pixels per page are >  x  %
• Max GCR/UCR density per pixel is >  x  % and the total problem pixels per page are >  x  %
  Note: ‘x‘ is a variable; if set to 0 it will ignore.
• If text is more than 99% black and other colors combined are greater or equal to 300%
  • Apply to: Entire page or Inside trim box only
• If vector object is more than 99% black and other colors combined are greater or equal to 300%
  • Apply to: Entire page or Inside trim box only
• If the document contains items with registration color inside the trim box