[Scribus] Trapping and overprint, was: Re: GSoC 2007 preliminary slot allocation

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Louis Desjardins-4 wrote:
> 
> 
> I am probably totally too late to add anything here but we never know. I
> have not followed the knots and bolts of Google Summer of Code...
> 
> I have reviewed the projects...
> 
> One that come immediately to mind is trapping.
> 

We are too far in the process to put in a new project. Deadline for student
application (set by Google) was already a few days ago.



> At least to be able to have the black overprint (or set any color to
> overprint) would be something to improve the acceptance of the product
> into
> real-life production. The actual behavior is knock-out black (or any
> color)
> on the background and this cannot give good results on press. The LGM
> Brochure is a good example of this although the pressmen have done a
> remarkable job to diminish the bad effect.
> 

There are overprint settings in 1.3.4. Please check this out and add any
missing features to the bug tracker (there probably is an old entry for
trapping).



> ....
> First comments from the pressmen when they encountered a Scribus job ? no
> trapping!
> 
> At least I think it's worth to let you guys know. We're not professional,
> yet... in color printing.
> 

Isn't  there In-RIP trapping?
To implement real trapping would be probably at least as complicated as
implementing a transparency flattener...


/Andreas
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