Color management in Scribus

mak · #1 29th October 2004, 04:00 AM

I have just installed Scribus on fedora 2 and I am trying to implement the color management tool called Little cms, which is also installed on my system. Documents on the scribus site say that in Scribus, in the Edit menu there are color management tool, which suppose to work with Little cms; but I have found no such tool there. I searched the scribus and the lcms site regarding this problem but found no useful information neither on those. I cannot find any Scribus forum either, this is why I post this question here. Help would be appreciated from anyone who has experience with these programs.

mak

mak · #2 29th October 2004, 04:02 AM

I read the faq. The lcms development library is installed on my system, I downloaded .icm profiles from the lcms site, copied them in the scribus/profiles folder but still no result. I even copied Adobe profiles into the folder but it didn't help either.
mak

mak · #3 29th October 2004, 04:12 AM

The previous message is a reply for Bana. I had to repost the original message because the first one disappeared.
mak

adb · #4 19th February 2009, 12:59 AM

Printing by Offset

I have a document that I want to have printed on an offset printer. It contains a number of rbg screen captures.

Does the "printer" selection for PDF documents simulate the appearance of the offset printed document ?

Do I give the PDF generated with the "screen / web" setting to the printer, (rather than the "printer" setting)

For "solid colors" and "images" should I select the check box and select my monitor profile when creating the PDF ?

Very basic questions but any help is appreciated.

PatMcLJr · #5 19th February 2009, 04:40 AM

got an ink jet?
print it both ways and see what looks better to you?
Or take both files over to a color copy shop and print both to see what you like best.

I would suggest that you stay away from solid colors, that is going to make your job a lot more expensive, simulate colors with cmyk The rip at the printer you are usuing should convert your rgb on the fly. Unless you have very critical standards for color it's going to be a "crap shoot" no matter what you do. To get it right you have to have the whole process calibrated from the KB to the bindery. Not to many jobs like that any more unless it's for a magazine or high end long run print job. If it's that, you probably wouldn't be asking in here ? I've done jobs with OpenOffice and the client loved it! I use inksacpe all the time now for line art jobs and 1 spot color. I might get to use it more if I could figure out how to due a separation with it. Oh, I'm sure there is a way, I just don't know if I can figure it out.

Best of Luck,
Pat Jr.

adb · #6 19th February 2009, 05:39 AM

Thanks Pat,
There seems to be a big difference between the way a pdf prints on an ink jet compared to offset printing.

It is not clear from the manual, exactly what the "Export" "Save as PDF" "Color" "Output intended for" ... "Screen/Web" vs "Printer" settings mean. When I select "Printer", is this simulating on my monitor, what the offset printed output will look like, or is it the file I should give to the offset printer ?