[scribus] LSI 240% ink limit.

[John Culleton]

On Friday 07 August 2009 07:19:29 pm John Culleton wrote:
> LSI is enforcing a rule that total ink coverage of any CMYK color
> cannot exceed 240% The usual example is rich black.
>
> 1. Can this be a problem in Scribus?
> 2. If so, how does one detect/fix such overcolored areas?
>
> I presume that none of the standard colors exceed this limit. But
> I worry about graphics from e.g., Gimp which are RGB converted to
> CMYK when Scribus writes the file.
To further illuminate the question, these are the recommended values 
whan using Photoshop:
------------------------
Engine: Adobe (ACE)
Intent: Relative Colorimetric
Use Black Point Compensation: Yes
Use Dither: Yes
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and
-----------------------------------
    Ink Colors: SWOP (Newsprint)
    Dot Gain: 25%
    Separation Type: GCR
    Black Generation: Medium
    Black Ink Limit: 100%
    Total Ink Limit: 240%
    UCA Amount: 0%
-------------------------------
for the custom CMYK settings.

Perhaps there is an ICC profile that can take care of all this.



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