Versaworks, PDF, CMYK,,, Do they play well together?

[Gfx Signs]

I have customers who do Printing for Mailings, Business Cards, Etc...
They send me PDF files created in CMYK from Indesigns, Illustrator...

When I import the files to Versaworks the color is terrible.. Bright Green when it should be light green..

Is there a setting I can change in VW to get the CMYK to print better.???
i.e. close to if the file were created in RGB..

 

[GVP]

We use PDF files for the majority of our output and for the most part it's fine. I have observed though that while spot colors seem better in CMYK, for actual photo images RGB seems to be better.

The other comment is of course that the on-screen preview in Versaworks is horrible, quality and color-wise, and not at all like the actual output.

 

[Drip Dry]

PDF's are a final export from your customers original file. Why not ask them to export their original to an EPS or at least a high res jpeg.
Most times, PDF's are fine, but many times they cause problems for my versaworks. It usually drops elements in the file or changes colors.

 

[Gfx Signs]

Thanks Guys. That's what I figured.. It's hard to tell these artists who work in CMYK to do anything other..

 

[sowinski_t]

I make a point of NEVER printing from a pdf unless I can absolutely can't get around it. If I receive a pdf file from a customer, I generally will export it as an eps from Acrobat and then print that. I've had so many weird issues, glitches and general headaches from trying to make a PDF run through a RIP correctly that in my opinion it's not worth it.