[scribus] [Icc_users] 240% ink limit xposted

[John Culleton]

On Sunday 09 August 2009 04:19:06 am Klaus Karcher wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> you wrote:
> > The SWOP icc profile allows up to 300% CMYK ink coverage.
> > Prominent printer LSI is enforcing a 240% ink limitation.  I
> > need a profile like SWOP in all respects except for the
> > coverage limitation.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> There is no profile from LSI ???
>
> Of the SWOP profiles I am aware of, the basICColor profile
> "SWOP2006_Coated5_GCR_bas.icc" from
> <http://www.colormanagement.org/en/swopprofile.html> comes
> closest your needs, but has still a higher TIL than requested
> (260%).
>
> Therefore I quickly made one with 240% TIL for you with Graeme
> Gill's open source tool ArgyllCMS Version 1.0.3
> <http://argyllcms.com/>. The gamut mapping (perceptual and
> saturation intent) is optimized for sRGB source images. The
> profile not tested at all, so use it cautiously. You can download
> it here:
>
> <http://digitalproof.info/icc-users/SWOPcoated5_240.icc>
>
> the commands I used to create it were:
>
> $ logo2cgats CGATS\ TR\ 005.txt SWOPcoated5_240
>
> $ colprof -v -kp 0 0.15 0.75 0.7 0.8 -l240 -L100 -S
> /Library/Application\
> Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended/sRGB\ Color\ Space\
> Profile.icm -cmt -dpp SWOPcoated5_240
>
> Klaus
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Excellent! Take a bow. I will use it and pass it on to the Scribus 
and POD communities.

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