Hi, On Sunday 04 March 2007 20:51, Riku Leino wrote: > > Can some developer explain the meaning of the "Use ICC Profile" option, > > found on the Save as PDF panel, Color tab? > > When pdf target is set to "Printer" and "Use ICC Profiles" checkboxes are > not checked the pdf will be created with DeviceCMYK color space (open the > pdf in a text editor or podofobrowser and check yourself). If a checkbox > for "Use ICC Profiles" is checked then the color space will be ICCBased and > colors will have their current icc profile embedded in the pdf for output > device to be able to convert the colors to it's own color space. > > So if you have the correct printer profile already when creating the pdf I > don't see any need for "Use ICC Profiles" since the pdf color space will be > already correct for the target printer. If you know that your printer's
Sounds logical and inline with what one would expect. What triggered my doubts were the bad results I got without checking the "Use ICC Profiles" option, which I didn't expect to be necessary. > setup can handle embedded profiles then there's no harm in using this > option. There was a semi serious bug > (http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=5416) related to this which was fixed > 10 or so minutes ago. So you may want to wait till the anoncvs is synced > and try yourself. > > A test pdf with DeviceCMYK color space can be seen at > http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/cmyk-test-fixed.pdf There are three images > on the pdf the top most one is converted to cmyk in PS middle one in Krita > and the last one has been converted by Scribus (was a RGB image when > imported to Scribus). All conversions were made with similar setup using > ECI ISO Coated V2 profile. Will check CVS later. Thanks Gustavo > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus -- Angulo S?lido - Tecnologias de Informa??o http://angulosolido.pt
