On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 03:32:49PM -0400, Andrew A. Gill wrote: > >>> Any hints? >> >> Perhaps I have missed it, but what is your intended output? You >> are using the ISOCoated v2 (ECI) profile for offset printing, but >> you don't say if you actually intend to print it on an offset >> press. Do you intend to have this printed by offset? Or do you >> have a different intended output? >> >> The solutions that we give will be dependent on your intended >> output. > > The file will go to an offset print shop[1]. They demand PDF/X3 with ISOCoated > v2 profile which is what I will provide. I fiddled around with gs and > cinepaint to check CMYK values and it doesn't look good at all (there's > no black any more in the files converted using tifficc in final PDF/X3 > output), > but I suppose this is some other glitch, maybe in gs (8.50) or in > cinepaint... which tool would allow me to check real CMYK values in PDF > output?
You might try outputting in Postscript and checking the colors that way. They've redefined setcmykolor to cmyk, but the color values are still readable: 0 0 0 1 cmyk eofill is an example from the output that I got. I also lack your color profiles, so this might be off for me. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | | this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | <superluser at frontiernet.net> <http://www.needsfoodbadly.com> | --
