On Thursday 21 April 2005 16:40, Asif Lodhi wrote: > Hi Jan > > I am a new Scribus user - so, list's expert users, pardon me if I > utter anything incorrect! AFAIU, if Scribus embeds an ICC profile > in your document then the printer device correctly > understands/translates the RGB color to an equivalent CMYK one.
No, if an ICC profile is embedded, Scribus will honor this. Otherwise, if is untagged. The exception is PDF/X-3, which requires profiles. I > read in the docs that compression is not at all desirable when it > comes to printing. "Lossy" compression is. Lossless used in Tiff or PNG is fine. > Further, I also read in the documentation that > JPEG is not a very good file format when it comes to printing and > that TIFF is the most recommended, doesn't compress unnecessarily, > and that PNG format is good for taking screenshots (if you don't > scale screenshots - or don't re-sample when scaling the > screenshots). > I have also read the caliberating your monitor and > printer is also very important for good results. Am I wrong when I > say that having the target printer device's profile is very help? I > did read something like somewhere in the docs but would anyone on > the list, please, explain the logic behind it once again (i.e. > having the target printer's profile)? > Having the printer's profile will give you a better more accurate preview with color managment enabled and in the case of PDF/X-3 > Best regards > > Asif > > On 4/21/05, Jan Ulrich Hasecke <janulrich.hasecke at web.de> wrote: > > Am 21.04.2005 um 14:53 schrieb Samudra Reiher: > > > Scribus does no image conversion between RGB and CMYK. > > > > What does this mean. Will there be an RGB-image inside a > > CMYK-Print-PDF, when I do not use colormanagement? > > No. Absolutely not true. When you select"print" as the destination in the PDF exporter. It converts all colors to CMYK. It does this very reliably. > > Stupid question, but I am not too familiar with print jobs. > > > > I 'll send you a url with my jobs via PM. > > > > Thanks for your help > > juh Peter
