[Scribus] Re: CMYK question

[Deb and Peter Zweck]

Thanks Christoph and everyone else who replied! Looks like re-creating 
in Scribus is the way to go....as if there was any doubt :-)

Cheers
Peter

> Hi Peter,
>
>> My childrens' school wants to put a colour advertisement in a local 
>> newspaper and has created it in a <shudder> Word document. 
>
>
> Hehe, sounds like everyday business to me ("No, I'm sorry, no matter 
> how much work you spent on your Word file: IT WON'T PRINT CORRECTLY 
> AND THE PRINTER WILL KILL YOU/ME IF YOU COME UP WITH DOC).
>
>> Can anybody think of a way, preferably with open source tools, to 
>> convert a colour RGB Word document into a CMYK pdf ( or ps, or eps, 
>> or anything else)?
>
>
> Well, the easiest way would be the use of Acrobat Professional. You 
> should ask if the school is running a copy.
>
>> Failing this, if I were to re-create the advertisement in Scribus 
>> 1.3.0 (14th July build), can I export it in a format with CMYK? Or 
>> could Inkscape do it?
>
>
> That's what I would reommend: First, get a printout of the ad, to make 
> sure you know how it is intended to look. Then open the file in OO.o 
> and save as *.sxw. Since the *.sxw is ZIP-File, you can open it with 
> your Ark or Fileroller and extract the image files. Then re-create the 
> ad in scribus. You can import the text directly from the *.sxw file.
>
> Then, export as PDF, all fonts embedded, resolution 300 dpi, and 
> destination "Printer". "Printer" will produce a CMYK-PDF. As for the 
> desired PDF version, you have to ask the printer what he needs.
>
> I wouldn't recommend Inkscape, since it has no colour management 
> implemented yet, and its PDF support seems quite experimental at the 
> moment.
>
> That was the short version, but I hope you get the idea.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christoph
>
>
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