[scribus] Ink coverage control : over 330%

[Eric Hanuise]

> For print I always use an output format of pdf
> X/1-a:2001 which doesn't allow transparencies. Any
> transparencies should be converted to bitmaps via
> Gimp, imagemagick etc. Of course you should
> always use CMYK colors instead of RGB for
> printing.
>
> When excessive ink coverage is involved I use an
> icc profile SWOPcoated5_240.icc which limits the
> ink coverage to coverage to 240%. I will post it
> at
> http://wexfordpress.net/SWOPcoated5_240.icc
>
> It was created for my use years ago by one of
> the experts on the icc_users mailing list.
>    
Thank you.
As explained, Transparencies are key - we have a lot of image elements 
that are on transparent background, which need to be superimposed on 
other background elements, as well as inkscape svg files with lots of 
effects (blurs, clipping, etc), which need to be converted to bitmap as 
sometimes some of the effetcs get lost when importing them as svg's or 
pdf's. Doing that work in Scribus itself is very impractical, and 
importing bitmap works very well.

So are there any other options to control pdf ink coverage than using 
export formats that do not support transparencies ?


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Eric Hanuise - Flatlined Games
http://www.flatlinedgames.com