Philipp Wagner-3 wrote: > > Philip Luppens schrieb: >> >> Philipp Wagner-3 wrote: >>> Please have a look at the internet, there are some good articles about >>> this topic, as it pops up every now and then. >>> >> >> Thanks for the explanation. I already knew most of what you told, but I'm >> simply struggling with the concept when integrating with XSL-FO. Like I >> said, there's very limited information when dealing with CMYK (other >> than: >> "there's support for CMYK in 0.93" and the source code). > > Spot colors (no matter if Pantone or whatever else) are not supported by > XSL-FO to my knowledge. To specify a spot color in a PDF document, you > have to give the name of the spot color (= some string without special > meaning, your printer has to know how to interpret this) and a RGB > representation of the color so that Acrobat can display it close to > correct. This RGB-representation can be completely wrong, then you're > document will look wrong when viewed on screen but will be correctly > printed (if your printer uses the color you specified in the color name). > > See how Xml2Pdf by Altanova solves this problem: > http://alt-soft.com/Support_kb_color_management.aspx > > The first paragraph says it all: > Xml2PDF supports also a number of conventions (!) for RGB, CMYK, > Grayscale, Spot and some other colors. > > This means, by adding custom attributes (or "conventions", as they did), > it would be possible for FOP to support spot colors. > > Philipp > >
Thanks a lot Philipp - I'll explore that site further, and see if they provide a possible solution for my case. Kind regards, Phil -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/CMYK-Pantone-support-tf4882401.html#a13975543 Sent from the FOP - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
