Inkscape

Use CMYK in eps exports

Bug #171214 reported by Kbube
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Inkscape
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cairo
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Bug Description

Hi all,

AFAIK inkscape always uses the RGB model in exported
eps files. However, often it is desirable to have the
colors in the eps files defined in CMYK. (I don't know
if anybody wants HSB.)

It would be very nice if one could choose the model in
the export dialog.

Regards,

Kevin

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Molumen (molumen) wrote :

+1, color in EPS must be defined as CMYK to be usable in the
print.

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Josef Vybíral (cornelius) (cornelius-cz) wrote :

+1, I am definitivelly for this choice, cmyk is needed when
giving the result of work to the printer. After having
colour management and cmyk integration done, this feature
would be really good to add.

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Mr-smyle (mr-smyle) wrote :

+1 Really need. Right NOW :-) But... What should I do
without this option?

Antony

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Kbube (kbube) wrote :

Currently I use pscol
(http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~joeckel/pscol/) which helps
in many cases. This is only a temporary solution, though.

Kevin

vonHalenbach (lustik)
Changed in inkscape:
status: New → Confirmed
theAdib (theadib-gmail-merged)
Changed in inkscape:
importance: High → Wishlist
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qbit (paulix) wrote :

I think this issue was forgotten. Correct CMYK export is very important for prints. I hope you'll work on this soon.

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Guillermo Espertino (Gez) (gespertino-gmail) wrote :

Not at all. There has been work in this area (and others related to CMYK and color management), but the task is not trivial.
There are lots of other important bugs yet to solve and not so many developers, so the work isn't fast, but it's being made.

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Pander (pander) wrote :

Will the export dialog list all the available ICC profiles? E.g. the ones like /usr/share/color/icc/*.cc and perhaps also on other places? I.e. a way to manage where Inkscape can find the available profiles and remember the last one you have used.

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In , KLEIN Stéphane (stephane-harobed) wrote :

Hi,

I use cairo to produce pdf document. This work very well.

Now I would like to produce a CMYK document, unfortunately cairo doesn't
support color space.

I've get onto this subject here :

http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2009-February/016628.html

Color space support can be useful for :

* PDF backend
* PS backend
* SVG backend
* PNG backend

Best regards,
Stephane

Aurium (aurium)
tags: added: cmyk
Pablo Trabajos (pajarico)
tags: added: color
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agb (agb-ukr) wrote :

+1

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Bill Cohen (bill-allstitch) wrote :

I would also like to see this function available
with out it, the program becomes useless since I can't send eps files to my printer.

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Pander (pander) wrote :

Get more users on board by implementing this patch and extending support for CMYK in exports:
  http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5943

jazzynico (jazzynico)
Changed in inkscape:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: removed: import-export
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Pander (pander) wrote :

Where do I donate according to http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/inkscape-starts-encouraging-paid-development to get this fixed?

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ScislaC (scislac) wrote :

@Pander: I would ask questions of this nature on the mailing lists, the bug tracker is not an appropriate place for this discussion. The devel or user lists would be where to ask: https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/

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Eduard von Feek (feek) wrote :

Best response for demotivating people to donate.

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ScislaC (scislac) wrote :

@Eduard: I'm sorry you see it that way. First, it would be inappropriate to solicit donations via the bug tracker. Second, and more important, no fundraisers have been started yet, so there is no place to donate for the specific cause Pander would like. By referring Pander to the mailing lists, it will allow for a discussion to begin about starting a fundraiser aimed at what Pander would like to see. Starting a fundraiser will take motivation, so if asking to a person to inquire further about it an appropriate place is demotivating, then it's already a non-starter. If one would like to just donate to the project and not have it earmarked for a specific cause they can always go to https://inkscape.org/en/donate/

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Skippy le Grand Gourou (lecotegougdelaforce) wrote :

As for #574717 (same report but for PDF export) : according to http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/color-managed-cairo-is-slipping-away this bugs mainly depends on Cairo. Upstream : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24891

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Skippy le Grand Gourou (lecotegougdelaforce) wrote :

Sorry, I meant as for bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/574717

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In , Stemby (carlo-stemberger) wrote :

Related bug report (Inkscape):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/574717

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In , Skippy le Grand Gourou (lecotegougdelaforce) wrote :

And another one, with duplicates :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/cairo/+bug/171214

Changed in inkscape:
status: Triaged → Confirmed
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Skippy le Grand Gourou (lecotegougdelaforce) wrote :

Sorry for the mess, I didn't notice "triaged" was a higher status than "confirmed"… Please fix.

su_v (suv-lp)
Changed in inkscape:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in cairo:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Gitlab-migration (gitlab-migration) wrote :

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Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in cairo:
status: Confirmed → Unknown
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