Am Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2007 00:48:03 schrieb Benjamin Huot: > I published 2 picture books with Scribus through Lulu and exported a > PDF with the screen option in both. Lulu wants them in RGB format. My > graphics looked just perfect with this setting.
I assume lulu.com doesn't use offset printers. Christoph > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Dr. Werner Popken wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm ready to produce my first Scribus-made book, 770+ pages. Scribus > > is really great, thank you all for the good work and all your help! > > > > I noticed that there is an pdf option in the settings dialog, both > > general and document, where color can be set to either printer or > > monitor. I used monitor before, it looked fine on the monitor, now I > > tried printer as this ought to be printed, and the colors are not as > > they should be on the monitor. The pdf-file is much larger, about > > 20 times as big, as well. > > > > As I already printed this book in a previous 700-page-version with > > Lulu, I know that the colors come fine when they look good on the > > monitor (should be rather saturated on the monitor than not, rather > > oversharped than not). I fear that when I print from the > > printer-specific pdf, things might go wrong. Not so nice with a book > > as big as this one. I already had one misprinted copy from Lulu > > (not my fault, though, got an excellent replacement copy). > > > > Which option is the right one to choose? Is this something I should > > ask the printer about or wouldn't he know what I'm talking about? It > > is a company in Germany trying to find a way between Lulu and a > > conventional publisher: shaker-media.de, people who talk and listen to > > their authors. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Werner > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scribus mailing list > > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
