[Scribus] Prepare EPS for commercial print

[Michiel van der Geest]

Hi,

>So the best to do is to import SVG (or EPS)
> generated by Inkscape into 
> Scribus, and export the whole stuff as CMYK (in PDF
> for example.)

Is it really that simple? Although I really hope so,
it seems like there's more to it than that. Why would
printers demand CMYK, if the process is so simple they
can easily do it themselves? And charge expensive
hours for correcting your file?

Anyway, when I try to activate Color Management the
colors of the logo change, but I can't seem to find
the right CMYK color. Where can I find mor info on
this topic? Or is it really something one shouldn't
worry about?

Cheers -Michiel 

--- momo <momo at lumenstudio.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Inkscape does not produce CMYK graphics. It is
> because it is an SVG editor, 
> and SVG supports only the RGB color model. Even when
> exported to EPS, the 
> graphics are still RGB (at least in Inkscape 0.43,
> maybe things will work 
> differently in the upcoming 0.44 release) so this
> can be a problem for the 
> printer (RGB is unusable for offset printing...)
> 
> So the best to do is to import SVG (or EPS)
> generated by Inkscape into 
> Scribus, and export the whole stuff as CMYK (in PDF
> for example.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mourad Mokrane
> Art director
> Lumen Design Studio
> www.lumenstudio.net
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Howe" <thowe at bendtel.net>
> To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Scribus] Prepare EPS for commercial
> print
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 29 May 2006 15:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
> > mvdg27 <mvdg27 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm fairly new to Scribus and DTP in general. I'm
> currently in the 
> >> process
> >> of getting to know the basics, but I do have one
> question I couldn't find 
> >> a
> >> clear answer on while searching the internet.
> >>
> >> I recently designed a company logo in Inkscape.
> Since Inkscape produces
> >> vector graphics I figured they would be suitable
> for printing. But the
> >> commercial printers I contacted told me they need
> eps files in CMYK 
> >> format.
> >> Since Inkscape doesn't have that ability, but
> Scribus does I decided to
> >> import the logo in Scribus and export it to eps
> from there.
> >
> > I designed graphics for my company's billing
> envelopes in Ikscape.  I'm 
> > pretty sure I exported directly from Inkscape to
> eps and our printing 
> > company seemed to think it was cmyk...  at least I
> think that's what they 
> > asked for, and the envelopes came out great :)
> >
> > Am I remembering wrong?
> >
> > --TimH
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