On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:35:11 +0100 "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan, > > > Thanks to all those that helped me get the print preview working in > > Scribus.... > > > > Now another issue. I was hoping that the ink coverage preview > > facility in Scribus would be good enough that I wouldn't need the > > pre-press capabilities of Acrobat Pro. However, the results > > Scribus gives are dramatically different than what Acrobat Pro > > gives. Where Scribus sees maximum ink coverage of 160%, Acrobat > > sees ink coverage of 260% to 300%. > > > > Is this a known issue? Am I doing something wrong? Given Adobe's > > position > > in the industry, I feel that I should trust the Acrobat pro results. > > > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > It would be easier to help if we knew what you're actually trying to > do/achieve. Are you trying to operate a printing machine from within > Scribus? Which PS printer driver do you have installed? If it's not > Adobe's generic PS printer driver, which one is it?. Does this driver > show up in Acrobat, and did you actually select it? There are so many > unknown parameters that it's hard to answer your questions. > > Christoph > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net use a variant of a common icc profile to make sure that the requirement of LSI (no more than 240% coverage) is observed. Here it is: http://wexfordpress.net/SWOPcoated5_240.icc -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
