On 12/1/10 3:39 PM, Jim Ford wrote: > On 12/1/2010 1:47 PM, John Culleton wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 30 November 2010 17:30:55 Jim Ford wrote: >>> On 11/30/2010 6:36 PM, John Culleton wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 30 November 2010 11:58:29 Jim Ford wrote: >>>>> Is there any way that I can use printer profiles with Scribus? >>>>> >>>>> If I export a file to pdf and print it, the image colours are >>>>> 'off', because my printer profile isn't used. Is there a >>>>> 'workaround' for this? It would be useful for printing cards or >>>>> calendars. >>>> >>>> The use of ICC profiles is explained in full on page 158 and >>>> following of the Scribus Manual. >>> >>> Ermm - not in my copy of the Scribus manual. It's 'The Action >>> History' on page 159 on. Is it a later manual than the 'Official >>> Manual' published by 'FLES Books' that you're referring to? >>> >>> Jim > >> Hit the wrong key. The correct page reference is 258: "Color >> Management." > > > The problem is that Scribus colour management won't use profiles for > inkjet printers, and only shows the standard professional printers - not > a lot of good for us amateurs that don't have offset litho printers in > our bedrooms where we operate! > > Is this fixed for 1.3.9, or is there a 'workaround'? It seems to be a > major drawback for people like me that only want a few copies, rather > than 1000 off from a print shop! > > Jim >
It is on the roadmap for the future. However, it takes some major reworking of the color management code inside Scribus. Those kinds of things need serious testing on all 4 platforms we support, so this is not something we would try to bring into 1.3.9/1.4 The upside is next gen Scribus will have a much more flexible color management architecture and it will allow exactly the kind of color managed printing for a wider range of printers than we support now. HTH, Peter
