Using postscript for ink management

On Oct 19, 5:43 am, "news reader" wrote:

Greetings,
Suppose I have an illustrator, photoshop or indesign file with 3 colours in it as follows:

A medium red:
C 0%
M 100%
Y 100%
K 010%

A dark red:
C 0%
M 100%
Y 100%
K 040%

And black:
K 100%

I want to have this file print with two inks on a press: Black and Pantone Red 032C.

How do I control the Print options when I print to a (adobe) Postscript file to get my output file to be rendered with the two inks (black and red 032c)?
Can I do this by Printing to a postscript file? Can I use the Output tab to render my document to my predefined inks?
How else can I render my file to limited inks, e.g. spots instead of CMYK?

It very much depends how your file was authored. You say "Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign" but the solutions differ somewhat in each, and depend on details of the art.

One solution in Illustrator and InDesign is to use the existing custom inks facility. Another solution valid in all three programs is to assign a process plate (say M) to PMS Red 032 and assign say K to Black, and colour elements accordingly. In fact it looks as if your file would separate more or less correctly taking M and K from the above breakdowns unchanged, as the two inks.

Thank you very much for your help!