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From: Dwight Kelly <dkelly@etsinc.com>
To: Stephane Klein <stef@dalim.de>
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Subject: Re: CMYK++ and TIFF/IT P1
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On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Stephane Klein wrote:

> I need to know if there is a standarized way to exchange CMYK++ ( where "++"
> means Pantone channels ) pages in TIFF/IT P1.
> 
> If I strictly follow the documentation there is no way to write the ink names
> or the Pantone values in a TIFF/IT tag.

The TIFF/IT-P1 specification doesn't allow more than 4 colors or ink names. 
You would have to write a TIFF/IT (non-P1) file.

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