On Sunday 20 February 2011 21:36:09 Thomas Baumann wrote: > Have read the manual and still get the error message. Here is what > I have set up in Scribus under Preferences--color management: > Checked - Active Color Management > RGB Images - Epson Perfection v700/v750-reflrective > CMYK images - US Sheet fed coated v2 > Solid colors - Epson Perfection v700/v750-reflrective > Monitor - eci RGB v2 ICC v4 > Printer - US Sheet fed coated v2 > Monitor - Perpetual > Printer - Perpetual > checked - Simulate printer on screen > checked - use blackpoint compensation > > The attachment shows all of the drivers located in > C:\WINNT\System32\Spool\drivers\color > Using Scribus 1.3.3.14 and Windows XP. > > What am I doing wrong? > > I would like to use the the Monitor selection in Scribus for > Gateway EV730 since that is the monitor I have, but I don't see any > driver filename that looks like that. Any ideas where to find it? > THanks for your help. > > > > > > > --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote: > > > From: Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> > Subject: Re: [scribus] ICC error > To: scribus at lists.scribus.info > Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 5:37 AM > > > > OK, have you read the manual on color management (Help->Manual) See > if you meet these parameters > > > > > Color management with Scribus, an Introduction > Activating Color Management > > For color management to function properly you need the following to > be installed to be active and usable: Littlecms libraries installed > and scribus compiled with lcms support. You can tell by looking at > Help -> About Scribus and looking for C-C-T. The first C means > Scribus is compiled with littlecms support. This is standard with > MacOSX and Windows. > > You need a minimum of 1 RGB and 1 CMYK profile. Scribus > provides two basic profiles to ensure CMS can be enabled > immediately. In practical terms, you need more. One sRGB for most > RGB colors and one for each color device. One for your monitor > which is created with monitor profiling tools. Several CMYK > profiles for printing. Some CMYK profiles are known as > "press-standards", in that they represent common commercial print > standards used in North America and Europe. The best bet is to > download the "Windows" version of the Adobe ICC profile package and > unzip it into a directory like $home/.colors/icc. > > Linux users can also download freely distributable profiles from > the ICC downloads section on www.scribus.net Scribus, by default on > Linux, will look in: > $home/.color/icc and /usr/share/color/icc/ > for both personal icc profiles or system wide ones. There is a > small, but growing collection of freely available icc profiles for > download on www.scribus.net. Look in the Downloads -> ICC section. > Scribus on Windows or MacOSX will look in the default system > directories. Earlier versions of Scribus will look in the directory > specified in preferences. > > If you are new to color management, please look over the links and > documentation on color management listed on www.scribus.net. These > explain the theory and concepts far better than I could here. > > > Owen > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:51:04 -0800 (PST) > > Thomas Baumann <thomasbaumann at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Already have the Activate Color Mgmt box checked and still get > > the error. > > > > --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote: > > > > > > From: Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> > > Subject: Re: [scribus] ICC error > > To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.info> > > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 2:35 AM > > > > > Am trying to use the ICC color management but am getting an > > > error "An error occurred while opening ICC profiles, color > > > management is not enabled." > > > > > > How do I fix? Using 1.3.3.14 and Windows XP. > > > > Enable color management :-) > > > > File->Preferences->Color Management and activate color management > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110220/1 >76eb670/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: color drivers.doc > Type: application/octet-stream > Size: 42496 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110220/1 >76eb670/attachment.obj> > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
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