[Scribus] color management

PLiinnell scribusdocs
Fri Jun 25 19:33:11 CEST 2004


On Friday 25 June 2004 01:24 pm, Chris Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My attempts at color management with photos on the Scribus page are not
> producing good results. Currently the closest screen to printer comparison
> exists with color management turned off. Whenever I apply the ICC profiles
> to the Scribus printing process the color of the photos are never close,
> usually they have a very strong orange cast. I don't have an ICC profile
> for the camera but have tested using a fallback such as the standard
> Adobe/Apple. I do have one for the monitor and for the printer, an HP Color
> LaserJet 3700, both an RGB and a CMYK one (I don't quite understand this).
> I don't expect a lot, in terms of photo quality, from the printer but
> thought I could get a closer color match than I currently do. I can only
> think that I'm doing something horribly wrong as, admittedly, I don't have
> a great grasp of this subject. Assistance much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris

Have you reviewed the docs on color managment here : 
http://ahnews.music.salford.ac.uk/scribus/documentation/cms.html

Cheers,
Peter




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