Re: A different Pantone need
Gregory Pittman <gpittman-s/[email protected]>
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On 10/19/20 12:05 PM, ZASKE Martin wrote: > Hello List, > > I have used Scribus 1.5.5 to prepare a file to be silk-screen-printed > unto t-shirts. > > Now I am stuck with the online order: > > The print-shop will print with special fabric-ink and their > online-order-mask gives a choice of colours, all referenced by the > Pantone Solid Coated series. For example we want our text printed in > "PANTONE Yellow 012 C". > > So I do not care what it looks like on my screen; I have 255 233 0 as an > approximation to show my team. > > But our online affordable printer, is needing the color-information > encoded into our PDF/X-4 file because they offer many different colours > and their order-process is fully automated. > > I have looked through this list and seen some hacks on how to handle > Pantone-equivalents with basically RGB swatches, but our need is all > different. > > > > I also just created an export to PDF/X-4 and opened it with my best > editor. I can read but I see no obvious structure. When I needed, I > boldly edit Scribus .sla files, but those are "nice" compared to this > PDF syntax. > > > > It would be a shame after all those years with Scribus, to rob a bank > and get InDesign, just to convert my (already designed) T-shirt document > for the print-shop-upload. Pantone colors were never included with Scribus. There were instructions in how to use Pantone colors you already had access to because you had some software that included them. https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_legally_obtain_spot_colour_palettes_for_use_in_Scribus_1.3.3.x_and_later_versions Greg ___ Scribus Mailing List: [email protected] Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net