12-24-2016, 05:06 PM
RE: Scribus
I had a quick experiment with it... obviously, I need to RTFM.
I imported the rear of the card - created the image frame and 'get image'.
I published to 'printer format PDF'
test 1 - spot colours
test 2 - spot to process
test 3 - to screen format PDF
My screen displayed the images of 1 & 2 in a dull form.
As yet, it is not clear to me what these colour profiles mean.
Both 1 & 2 looked exactly the same on screen, so I guess, as you said, the printer should spec their requirements.
I noted your remarks on the usual suspects being light on spec info.
I guess it doesn't frighten people away... but neither does it help the graphic designer.
Publishing to PDF screen produced the vibrant result as per the original image.
I guess the major question is:
Does the screen view of the 'printer PDF' represent the final print output to card?
If it does, then perhaps the images could be slightly reprocessed, to counter the degredation likely in the printing process.
Perhaps I need to check out the Scribus forum, to gain more info.
I had a quick experiment with it... obviously, I need to RTFM.
I imported the rear of the card - created the image frame and 'get image'.
I published to 'printer format PDF'
test 1 - spot colours
test 2 - spot to process
test 3 - to screen format PDF
My screen displayed the images of 1 & 2 in a dull form.
As yet, it is not clear to me what these colour profiles mean.
Both 1 & 2 looked exactly the same on screen, so I guess, as you said, the printer should spec their requirements.
I noted your remarks on the usual suspects being light on spec info.
I guess it doesn't frighten people away... but neither does it help the graphic designer.
Publishing to PDF screen produced the vibrant result as per the original image.
I guess the major question is:
Does the screen view of the 'printer PDF' represent the final print output to card?
If it does, then perhaps the images could be slightly reprocessed, to counter the degredation likely in the printing process.
Perhaps I need to check out the Scribus forum, to gain more info.