Thank you both. The files I'm working with are actually for a screen printer ... so that makes sense.
Now ... to figure out how to display the things ... At least I know what the thing means, so I'll dig deeper into the arguments. I need to download the PDF spec again and go through all that. dwilson On 3/6/09, Jeremias Maerki <d...@jeremias-maerki.ch> wrote: > > AFAIK, separation is used in offset printing where you print on the same > paper multiple times with different colorants/inks. One printing plate > is produced per (separated) color. I'm not sure but separation colors > might also be used in digital printing when working with spot colors. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offset_printing > > That's about what I know. > > > On 05.03.2009 21:57:48 Daniel Wilson wrote: > > I'm trying to implement SetNonStrokingSeparation (a sibling of > > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/operator/SetNonStrokingGrayColor.java > ). > > > > This is needed as > > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/operator/SetNonStrokingColor.javagives > > me (when I turn logging on) > > > > Not supported colorspace Separation within operator scn > > > > on some of the images/documents I'm trying to render. > > > > What, conceptually, is a Separation? I know there's > > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/graphics/color/PDSeparation.java > > , but I'm still a little confused. > > > > Does anyone have a clear picture of what it is? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Daniel Wilson > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > >
