- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:08:32 +0100
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
"Simon St.Laurent" wrote: > > I'm trying to find a good way to deal with color printing of SVG > images. SVG's RGB-centric approach is great for screen, but difficult > for print. Hi, Simon. No, not at all. After all, its not 'just RGB'. Firstly, its calibrated sRGB so it can be converted by a color management system to LAB and thus to any other colorspace. Secondly, apart from filters, color clamping is late as possible and thus, out of sRGB gamut values are preserved so 'can print but can't view' colors can be accomodated. Thirdly, paint properties allow an arbitrary ICC colorspace to be used (with an sRGB fallback) so for example CMYK, Hexachrome, duotones or whatever you want can be accomodated. Not that isn't 'generic CMYK' either, but a specific CMYK color profile for a particular device, paper, ink set, dot gain etc and under a given illuminant. > I'm aware of the rendering-intent attribute, but are there any tools > designed to make the color issues any less painful? Color management systems in general make this less painful. Ensure that you are using such a system and that you have profiles for sRGB, for your screen, and for all the printers you intend to use. -- Chris
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