On Friday 01 October 2010 12:30:15 eric hanuise wrote: > Hi all. > > I've exported a PDF as pdf/x3 using isocoated v2 ICC profile. > It contains several png images, which are rgb. > > As I understand it, the pdf exported by scribus should be cmyk only, and > the images converted to cmyk during pdf generation. > however, the printer came back to me and told me the pdf contained RGB > images. > > Have I misunderstood the ability of scribus to convert everything to > cmyk on pdf export, or is there some setting I missed ?
Yes, this seems to be a misunderstanding, and to be honest, it's quite common even among commercial printers. The PDF/X-3 standard explictly permits RGB imgaes (plus a colour profile) to be included in a PDF, which is one of its biggest advantages. In other words: Scribus adheres to the standard :) HTH, Christoph -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20101001/8a0e40ab/attachment.htm>
