On 05/30/2012 03:56 AM, Richard Foley wrote: > I think that's what I've done. If I open the original Scribus document with > 1.4.1 I get the following: > > Preferences > -> Colour Management > -> RGB Images............sRGB IEC61966-2.1 > -> CMYK Images...........Fogra27L CMYK Printed Press > -> RGB Solid Colors......sRGB IEC61966-2.1 > -> CMYK Solid Colors.....Fogra27L CMYK Printed Press > -> Monitor...............Icms RGB virtual profile > -> Printer...............Fogra27L CMYK Printed Press > > PDF Export > -> Pre-Press > -> Compatibility.........PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4) > -> Color > ->Output Intended For....Printer > > ( So far this in the working document using 1.4.1 which does not support > PDF/X1-a. ) > > Now I open the same file in 1.5.0 and save as PDF/X1-a:2001 (and ignore the > disjointed text frame flow problem for the moment, reported elsewhere), and > look at > the pre-press tab. > > Pre-Press > -> PDF/X Output Intent > -> Output Profile........Fogra27L CMYK Printed Press > > I cannot disable this pre-selected output profile. I do not know if this is > the > correct profile to use, although it is the profile refered to under "printer" > above, so I guess it's ok(?). I do not know if LSI will accept this profile > which appears to be about to be embedded in the PDF/X1-a export, when they say > they do not accept embedded profiles in PDFs for colour books. One thing is > still clear to me, LSI still reject the submitted PDF, even though Acrobat > opens it and reads it as a PDF/X1-a. > > I'm probably missing something obvious... > My understanding is that X-1a:2001 cannot have any RGB data in it, so all images must be converted to CMYK, which I think should happen when you use the Printer selection in Scribus for export.
Greg
