On 02/07/2017 07:16 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 02/07/2017 04:32 PM, David Burleigh wrote: >> Do you mean modifying the pdf before burning the plate? Somehow in >> InDesign there is a provision for compensating for the expected dot >> gain. I've never used InDesign, and never will, but the co-workers I'm >> trying to win over to Scribus see this lack of pre-press features as a >> fatal flaw. >> > > > Try this: > > In Document Settings, look at the PDF Export tab. Under the Color tab, > select Printer for Output. Now you should have access to Custom > Rendering farther down the tab - check Use Custom Rendering, and its > settings will be available. For reducing dot gain, you probably want to > reduce the Frequency setting (how much, I don't know), but perhaps leave > the other settings unchanged. >
These settings are present in the PDF Export dialog as well. I've never needed this, and I don't have a way of checking the output as far as dot gain. Greg
