[scribus] Color separations print preview. 1.4.2

[Gregory Pittman]

On 03/05/2013 08:12 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> 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.
>
Also note you can save individual separations to files using selectors 
at the bottom of the main print dialog. What you see when you open these 
is a grayscale representation of the intensity of the particular 
separation you chose.

Greg