Re: [tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

2010-12-17 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Tibor thank you both for answers, I understand now the situation... My friend is historcian and he is not interested in learning any DTP technics – that is quite understandable. His first pdf exported from OO was flatly rejected as it was in RBG. It is fault or shortcoming of this publishing

Re: [tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

2010-12-16 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Tibor, A few years ago i would say yes a good idea that CMYK but deaser days RGB is a common workflow due to the online use of the same (rgb) documents. CMYK is printer business so they mostly prefer to do the transfer off a RGB-pdf into a CMYK-pdf. Important for this process is using the

Re: [tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

2010-12-16 Thread Sveinn í Felli
Hi, Most printshops do the RGB-CMYK conversion themselves, normal home/office printing devices take in RGB. If your friend wants to enter the field of real DTP (and does not have/want the cash to shell out to Adobe) he could go for Scribus, a cross-platform FOSS DTP application. Scribus imports

Re: [tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

2010-12-16 Thread Tibor Bamhor
Hi thank you both for answers, I understand now the situation... My friend is historcian and he is not interested in learning any DTP technics – that is quite understandable. His first pdf exported from OO was flatly rejected as it was in RBG. It is fault or shortcoming of this publishing shop

[tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

2010-12-15 Thread Tibor Bamhor
Hi, Friend of mine had an issue with openoffice, He was asked to deliver pdf in CMYK colorspace. It is not possible by now AFAIK. But are there any plans or any work being done in this regard? I just wonder, it is not critical issue for me, nor for my friend. He used some Adobe product at the