[scribus] Naive questions about colour

JLuc jluc at no-log.org
Sun Apr 27 22:20:30 UTC 2014


Le 27/04/2014 23:33, John Beardmore a écrit :
> We've used Scribus 1.4.3 to produce a leaflet using .jpg files form various digital cameras.
> We'd like to get this printed, and figure that we'll need to give the printers a .pdf file, presumably with CYMK content.
> Scribus gives us a choice of .pdf versions 1.3, 1.4 or 1.5 -  which should we select, or should we ask the printer ?
> Do we have to do anything special to get CYMK .pdf output ?
> Presumably we should select "Output Intended For: Printer" on the Save as PDF tab ?  Is there anything else I need to do ?

You got to ask the printer for the color profile file for his machines,
and to use it in the color management preferences of your documents.
I'm sure there is some documentation on the wiki : please have a look and tell us.

JLuc





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