exportToPDF producing wrong colors and symbology

BrettFrahm

Using both the mapSeries.exportToPDF() and the layout.exportToPDF(), I am getting different colors than if I had exported the layouts manually in ArcGIS Pro. On layout graphics the export is adding borders even though in the project those borders are set to be no color. I've tried adjusting the various parameters in the exportToPDF() tool with no success.

Left is manually exported, Right is exported through arcpy.

prj = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(InputProject)
layouts = prj.listLayouts()
for layout in layouts:
    print(layout.name)
    OutputExport = os.path.join(OutputFolder, layout.name)
    if not layout.mapSeries is None:
        ms = layout.mapSeries
        if ms.enabled:
            pageNumber = ms.pageCount
            print(pageNumber)
            ms.exportToPDF(out_pdf=OutputExport, page_range_type='ALL', multiple_files='PDF_SINGLE_FILE', resolution=900,
                          image_quality='BEST', compress_vector_graphics=True, image_compression='ADAPTIVE',
                          embed_fonts=True, layers_attributes="LAYERS_ONLY", georef_info=True,
                          clip_to_elements=False, show_selection_symbology=False,
                          output_as_image=False, embed_color_profile=True)

Let me know if anyone has any ideas.

Jeff Barrette ‌

Amanda Huber‌

BrettFrahm

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for reaching out. I had difficulties packaging my project, but I did end up figuring out the issue. The layouts were set to be CMYK in the Color Management settings, so switching them back to RGB fixed my issue.