On 01.06.2009 06:33, ricardo lafuente wrote:
probably not the answer you were looking for, but:
No, definitely not. It's the first time I want to get s.th. printed on a color printer. I try to find a workflow; see how s.b. else handles it. The questions in my e-mail were meant to give an impression of what I presently think of (with doubts + uncertainty). Thanks for the reply.
i do quite a few works for print using Inkscape and friends. Everytime i have to print something that needs to have precise colors, i do a quick swatch sheet.
It's not only the blue gradient fill, also orange looks a bit bright etc.
I downloaded the 'altona_measure_1v1a.pdf' from www.eci.org, imported it into Inkscape, exported it as PNG (1) and made a TIF with embedded color profile (2) as well as a PDF/X-3 (3) out of it. I am going to get (1) - (3) printed to compare. An empiric - to my taste somewhat astrologic - approach that doesn't make me too happy.
Is there any experience with color profile transformation? Do I understand things properly at all:
Hi,
I started using Inkscape 6 weeks ago. I went to a print shop to get a color drawing - exported as PNG - printed. On this print, a blue gradient fill turned into a blue to dirty-green fill.
Do you have to transform color space afore?
How do you usually do this?
Convert PNG to TIF, transform RGB to CMYK with embedded profile? Make a PDF/X-3 via Scribus? If via SVG import, how do you handle tranparency?What standard color profile do you use, if you don't know exactly on which machine you are going to print?
Or was this color shift just caused by a misconfiguration of Photoshop in the print shop?
Thanks in advance for your help.