[scribus] newbie queries

[John Culleton]

On Thursday 18 November 2010 20:46:16 John wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 11:05 AM, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 November 2010 10:26:35 John wrote:
> >> On 11/15/2010 11:10 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Jerry Halberstadt<
> >>>
> >>> subscriber at newtechpub.com>   wrote:
> >>>> Only issue of concern when it might come to sending PDF files
> >>>> to a printer: a lot of printers claim that only Adobe PDF is
> >>>> supported. But not a worry for me today.
> >>>
> >>> Jerry, I'm a relative newbie to Scribus 1.3.3.14, also. 
> >>> However, I just finished a 60 page magazine and submitted it to
> >>> my printer last week.  I used the File->Export->Save as pdf
> >>> option and the resulting pdf was reviewed with InDesign on a
> >>> Mac at the print shop.  Except that I forgot to embed my fonts
> >>> on the first try, it was just fine.  After embedding my fonts
> >>> on the second try, the pdf worked great and the magazine is
> >>> being assembled as I write this.  From all I can observe, you
> >>> need not worry at all about the pdf generated by Scribus as it
> >>> will fit Adobe's definition of pdf files perfectly.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>> Walkertown, NC  USA
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> >> Hi John (Walkertown,NC), I'd like to know what was your color
> >> management setup and also what version version of PDF did you
> >> use. Thank you.
> >>
> >> John F.
> >> Montreal, Canada
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> > I am the wrong John but I use Color management, a modified ICC
> > profile that meets LSI's limit on color density, and Scribus
> > 1.5.0 which has the PDF X/1-a format available.  The profile is
> > available here: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/SWOPcoated5_240.icc
> > I always embed all fonts and always set up the Scribus OpenOffice
> > CMYK color palette before I start.
> >
> > I understand that Scribus 1.3.9 is imminent. An upgrade to that
> > level will be useful, if it is convenient for your OS. I have
> > 1.3.8 and the testing version 1.5.0 which I download and
> > recompile every night on my Linux machine via a script that runs
> > unattended in the wee hours. Right now I am up to a version laid
> > down on November 14, 2010, which is recent enough for me!
> > The Scribus Manual is built around 1.3.3.12 or so but most of the
> > people who answer questions around here are up to 1.3.8 by now.
>
> I'm using Scribus 1.3.8 on Fedora 14 32bit.
> Thank you for the link to the ICC profile, I'll give it a try.
> Judging by the name of the file, can I expect it to limit the total
> ink coverage to 240% and the minimum for individual color to 5%?
>
> John F.
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Since I did not build the profile I cannot guarantee what it does. But 
I asked on the icc users mailing list and another lister provided this 
profile. I asked for the 240% maximum. I did not specify a minimum. 
Try:
"icc_users" <icc_users at lists.color.org>
 
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