Frank Pieczynski wrote: > Hi *, > I need some help with printing. > Im using Scribus 1.3.3.12 on Linux, printing system is cups. The > printer is a HP ColorLaserJet with Postscript. > > If I print photo jpegs with scribus, the colors are looking very bad - > very pale. I tried with color management 'on' and 'off' (Document > settings). The ICC profile of the printer is the official one provided > by HP. For the jepgs taken by a Panasonic Lumix I don't have one, so I > let the default. > > Now the interesting part of the story: > If I print the same picture included in a kword document (office part > of KDE) on the same printer with the same printing system it is > looking MUCH better! So the printer is able to print better. > > But I like to use scribus, because kword gives less control over the > document. The postscripts code is much more bigger, so the printer > needs much longer to process such kword PS than a scribus PS. > > I guess kword is not supporting lcms, but shouldn't the result be the > same with color management 'off' in scribus? > What can I do to improve the output? > > May be this is related to the cups options (visible in printing > dialog, 'Options' button after the printer selection box). I let the > default there, but the same is valid for kword. > > Thanks for help and suggestions! > Look at the Color tab in PDF Export that says, "Output intended for: " where your choices are Screen/Web or Printer. In many cases, you will want to use Screen/Web. The Printer setting is for when you send to a commercial printer.
Greg
