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I have been trying to compile the acmart samples in a manner that I am familiar. Instead of using PDFLatex and in their Makefile example, I am trying to compile the source using TeX + DVI due to the fact that I want the intermediate files (I have a bunch of TiKz rendering). When I type:

pdflatex --file-line-error --synctex=1 sample-manuscript.tex

Everyone is fine and well. When I type:

simpdftex latex --maxpfb --extratexopts "-file-line-error -synctex=1" --distiller ps2pdf14 sample-manuscript.tex

I get a stack error, Error: /undefined in XC@ACMRed, and a whole bunch of chaos.

Is there any reason that a .tex file would compile with pdflatex and not the TeX+DVI path?

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The problem seems to lie in the fact that the class defines some colors using the cmyk model.

If I pass the rgb option to xcolor, compilation with simpdftex is successful. Do

\documentclass[manuscript, review, screen, rgb]{acmart}

or add \PassOptionsToPackage{rgb}{xcolor} before the \documentclass line.

The option forces xcolor to do conversion to RGB for every defined color, whatever model the definition uses.

A minimal file that exhibits the same problem, but not if we do \usepackage[rgb]{xcolor}:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{xcolor} \definecolor[named]{ACMRed}{cmyk}{0,0.90,0.86,0} \begin{document} \textcolor{ACMRed}{XYZ} \end{document}

Thanks to Ulrike Fischer who, in chat, set my attention to the prologue option. So, instead of rgb, a better solution is to do 

\documentclass[manuscript, review, screen, prologue]{acmart}

I'll make an issue report to Boris.

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  • It would have been nice if it threw some sort of error as it seems that is something that could be checked. Thank you for solving this. Commented Oct 15, 2017 at 20:12
  • @bdegnan The error happens during the ps2pdf phase, so too late for LaTeX do issue meaningful errors. Commented Oct 15, 2017 at 20:14
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    @bdegnan There's even a better way. Commented Oct 15, 2017 at 20:49
  • github.com/borisveytsman/acmart/issues/257 Commented Oct 22, 2017 at 20:06

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