On Thursday 18 November 2010 20:46:16 John wrote: > On 11/18/2010 11:05 AM, John Culleton wrote: > > On Thursday 18 November 2010 10:26:35 John wrote: > >> On 11/15/2010 11:10 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Jerry Halberstadt< > >>> > >>> subscriber at newtechpub.com> wrote: > >>>> Only issue of concern when it might come to sending PDF files > >>>> to a printer: a lot of printers claim that only Adobe PDF is > >>>> supported. But not a worry for me today. > >>> > >>> Jerry, I'm a relative newbie to Scribus 1.3.3.14, also. > >>> However, I just finished a 60 page magazine and submitted it to > >>> my printer last week. I used the File->Export->Save as pdf > >>> option and the resulting pdf was reviewed with InDesign on a > >>> Mac at the print shop. Except that I forgot to embed my fonts > >>> on the first try, it was just fine. After embedding my fonts > >>> on the second try, the pdf worked great and the magazine is > >>> being assembled as I write this. From all I can observe, you > >>> need not worry at all about the pdf generated by Scribus as it > >>> will fit Adobe's definition of pdf files perfectly. > >>> > >>> John > >>> Walkertown, NC USA > >>> -------------- next part -------------- > >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >>> URL:<http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20 > >>>10 1115/f8299a2b/attachment.htm> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> scribus mailing list > >>> scribus at lists.scribus.info > >>> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > >> > >> Hi John (Walkertown,NC), I'd like to know what was your color > >> management setup and also what version version of PDF did you > >> use. Thank you. > >> > >> John F. > >> Montreal, Canada > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> scribus mailing list > >> scribus at lists.scribus.info > >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > > I am the wrong John but I use Color management, a modified ICC > > profile that meets LSI's limit on color density, and Scribus > > 1.5.0 which has the PDF X/1-a format available. The profile is > > available here: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/SWOPcoated5_240.icc > > I always embed all fonts and always set up the Scribus OpenOffice > > CMYK color palette before I start. > > > > I understand that Scribus 1.3.9 is imminent. An upgrade to that > > level will be useful, if it is convenient for your OS. I have > > 1.3.8 and the testing version 1.5.0 which I download and > > recompile every night on my Linux machine via a script that runs > > unattended in the wee hours. Right now I am up to a version laid > > down on November 14, 2010, which is recent enough for me! > > The Scribus Manual is built around 1.3.3.12 or so but most of the > > people who answer questions around here are up to 1.3.8 by now. > > I'm using Scribus 1.3.8 on Fedora 14 32bit. > Thank you for the link to the ICC profile, I'll give it a try. > Judging by the name of the file, can I expect it to limit the total > ink coverage to 240% and the minimum for individual color to 5%? > > John F. > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
Since I did not build the profile I cannot guarantee what it does. But I asked on the icc users mailing list and another lister provided this profile. I asked for the 240% maximum. I did not specify a minimum. Try: "icc_users" <icc_users at lists.color.org> -- John Culleton, Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" $5.95 at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Free eps format barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/
