On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:19 PM, John Culleton <john@...1202...> wrote:
Inkscape needs two more features for publishing. First, the CMYK color model needs to be a real option. ImageMagick will convert an svg file to CMYK but that means going from vector to bitmap.
Second, there should be an option for PDF output in PDF X/1-a format to satisfy the largest POD printer, Lightning Source Inc. (LSI). Currently my only path is to import all or part of a cover image into Scribus 1.5.0 (development version) and save it from there.
Since we use Cairo, this format should ideally be added as an option to Cairo's PDF backend. And if we want CMYK output in PDF, we need Cairo support for that as well. If it's done, it will benefit not only Inkscape but other cairo-using apps as well.