[scribus] ICC error

[John Culleton]

On Sunday 20 February 2011 21:36:09 Thomas Baumann wrote:
> Have read the manual and still get the error message.  Here is what
> I have set up in Scribus under Preferences--color management: 
> Checked - Active Color Management
> RGB Images - Epson Perfection v700/v750-reflrective
> CMYK images - US Sheet fed coated v2
> Solid colors - Epson Perfection v700/v750-reflrective
> Monitor - eci RGB v2 ICC v4
> Printer - US Sheet fed coated v2
> Monitor - Perpetual
> Printer - Perpetual
> checked - Simulate printer on screen
> checked - use blackpoint compensation
>  
>  The attachment shows all of the drivers located in
> C:\WINNT\System32\Spool\drivers\color 
> Using Scribus 1.3.3.14 and Windows XP.
>  
> What am I doing wrong?
>  
> I would like to use the the Monitor selection in Scribus for
> Gateway EV730 since that is the monitor I have, but I don't see any
> driver filename that looks like that.  Any ideas where to find it? 
> THanks for your help. 
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> --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
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> From: Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] ICC error
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 5:37 AM
>
>
>
> OK, have you read the manual on color management (Help->Manual) 
See
> if you meet these parameters
>
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> Color management with Scribus, an Introduction
> Activating Color Management
>
> For color management to function properly you need the following to
> be installed to be active and usable: Littlecms libraries installed
> and scribus compiled with lcms support. You can tell by looking at
> Help -> About Scribus and looking for C-C-T. The first C means
> Scribus is compiled with littlecms support. This is standard with
> MacOSX and Windows.
>
> You need a minimum of 1 RGB and 1 CMYK profile. Scribus
> provides two basic profiles to ensure CMS can be enabled
> immediately. In practical terms, you need more. One sRGB for most
> RGB colors and one for each color device. One for your monitor
> which is created with monitor profiling tools. Several CMYK
> profiles for printing. Some CMYK profiles are known as
> "press-standards", in that they represent common commercial print
> standards used in North America and Europe. The best bet is to
> download the "Windows" version of the Adobe ICC profile package and
> unzip it into a directory like $home/.colors/icc.
>
> Linux users can also download freely distributable profiles from
> the ICC downloads section on www.scribus.net Scribus, by default on
> Linux, will look in:
>   $home/.color/icc and /usr/share/color/icc/
> for both personal icc profiles or system wide ones. There is a
> small, but growing collection of freely available icc profiles for
> download on www.scribus.net. Look in the Downloads -> ICC section.
> Scribus on Windows or MacOSX will look in the default system
> directories. Earlier versions of Scribus will look in the directory
> specified in preferences.
>
> If you are new to color management, please look over the links and
> documentation on color management listed on www.scribus.net. These
> explain the theory and concepts far better than I could here.
>
>
> Owen
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> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:51:04 -0800 (PST)
>
> Thomas Baumann <thomasbaumann at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Already have the Activate Color Mgmt box checked and still get
> > the error.
> >
> > --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au>
> > Subject: Re: [scribus] ICC error
> > To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 2:35 AM
> >
> > > Am trying to use the ICC color management but am getting an
> > > error "An error occurred while opening ICC profiles, color
> > > management is not enabled."
> > >  
> > > How do I fix?  Using 1.3.3.14 and Windows XP.
> >
> > Enable color management :-)
> >
> > File->Preferences->Color Management and activate color 
management
>
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