[Scribus] PDF Export to Grayscale.

[Isaac Davis]

Arron,
   Thanks so much. I will try that out this week. Just an update for 
everyone. We have a 50 page publication with the outside covers and two 
center pages in color. Everything else is grayscale. I went ahead and 
exported the pages as PDF files. I have 5 files with 10 pages each. From 
there, I loaded the PDF files into Gimp using the grayscale setting, 
with the settings set to give 300dpi  (2550x3300) for a letter sized 
image. From there I saved each page off as a separate tiff file.

I got word from the printer today that they looked excellent, and saved 
them quite a bit of time, which is good, since it's all about time, 
which converts to money. I can't say enough about Scribus, Inkscape, and 
The Gimp. I put together a 50 page partial color publication that looks 
spectacular. You guys deserve a round of applause. I know people were 
thinking that I couldn't do this without a Mac, and some expensive 
software. We showed them.
Isaac Davis



Arron Robinson wrote:

>Here's a Greyscale Print Profile. I cannot try this until tomorrow, so
>if you want to play with this, have at it!
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>On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:02:47 -0500, Arron Robinson <mouserar at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Does Scribus support a greyscale ICC destination profile? If so, this
>>would work... I will try this and see ir it will work
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>>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:18:51 +0000, Isaac Davis <isaac at laracers.com> wrote:
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>>>Guys,
>>>   First of all, thanks for all the work on Scribus. I have put together
>>>a 50 page program for our Speedway, and after the first printing came
>>>out, I have to say it looks wonderful. It's been quite the learning
>>>experience, but Scribus has worked wonderfully throughout.
>>>
>>>Now to my question, I have about 12 pages that will rotate on a weekly
>>>basis. The printer is receiving and using the exported PDF just fine,
>>>except that they want them in Grayscale, and it's being exported in
>>>sRGB. Is there a way to get the export to spit out a grayscale pdf? I
>>>have lcms installed, and it's working with Scribus. If I was able to
>>>find a grayscale profile, would that "convert" it for me, or am I
>>>correct in thinking that it would just basically map the colors to
>>>grayscale equivalents. Does anyone know where I can download a grayscale
>>>printer profile?
>>>
>>>Right now, it looks like my only solution is to export to PDF, import
>>>the pdf to Gimp, and convert to grayscale.
>>>Thanks,
>>>Isaac Davis
>>>
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