[scribus] Color separations print preview. 1.4.2

[Gregory Pittman]

On 03/05/2013 04:42 PM, Jonathan Kreider wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Dimitri Robert <
> dimitri.robert at libresavous.com> wrote:
>
>> Le 05/03/2013 02:07, Jonathan Kreider a écrit :
>>> What do I need to do to be able to activate the color separations preview
>>> options?  The options are in the dialog, but they are grayed out.
>>>
>>> Version 1.4.2 for Windows 7 64 bit...
>> You must install GhostScript and declare it in the preferences (Scribus
>> don't find itself 64 bits version).
>>
>> Open Scribus, go to File > Preferences > External tools
>>
>> For PostScript interpretor, search the binary executable of GhostScript
>> (C:/Program Files/gs ... gswin64.exe or an approchant name).
>>
>> Restart Scribus. It must be OK!
>>
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> Christoph & Dimitri,
>
> Thanks for the answers.  I've tried both of these suggestions without
> success.  I had already mapped the ghostscript executable appropriately.
> Also, I've tried installing several postscript printer drivers and that
> doesn't seem to help either.
>
> Any other ideas of what to try?
>
I just checked this in Win7 32-bit and it worked fine.

In the Scribus printer dialog, choose print to a file.
Click the Preview button at the bottom.
Now select Display CMYK, which should activate the area for you to 
choose and view separations.

Greg