[scribus] pxd/x3 export : apparently contains RGB images

syamsul arifin isoul2005 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 3 04:49:54 CEST 2010


I had problem like you but i hand found the cause.
fisrt,  you sould choose "convert Spot Colors to Process Colors".
Second, dont choose "Use Color Profile" but you still use color management.

On 10/2/10, Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se> wrote:
>> Maybe it would be interesting to add an option for this in the pdf x/3
>> export dialog, disabled by default, that allows to convert all objects
>> to cmyk using the output intent color profile.
>
> But isn't the whole point with X/3 to AVOID conversion? So everything
> is embedded "as is" with information on colorspace/profile. And then
> there is only ONE conversion done in the RIP?
>
> If you supply everything converted to the same (CMYK) profile, you
> don't (as far as I understand) need X/3 but can supply a 1.5 PDF
> instead.
>
> Or is there anything in X/3 (other than mixing colorspaces) that is
> not available in PDF 1.5?
>
> Everything I have read about X/3 says that "if you don't know what you
> are doing, don't use X/3".
>
> /Peter
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