New inkscape extension: Export PDF in CMYK and TIFF in CMYK

[jonata]

This extension doesn't run on Windows.

[tjindy]

SO sad.. anyway it`s python, right? We have got Uniconvertor and maybe someone could try do it for Win

of coz, still got Scribus and Gimp Separate+ (now im doing big catalogue for travel studio) but it is gonna be a little bit hard to finish everything.

Regards
TJ

[kreaninw]

I can't manage this extension to work on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Inkscape on the Ubuntu Software Center. I have tested latest Inscape Trunk, not work either.

I have contacted the author via his e-mail(jbopen@gmail.com), no respond so far.

This is my story :

When I tried to generate CMYK PDF, error message appears in Inkscape. And generated PDF was broken.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 268, in <module>
    effect.affect()
  File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 215, in affect
    self.effect()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 243, in effect
    prepare_svg_to_pdf()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 216, in prepare_svg_to_pdf
    areas_de_bitmaps = what_export()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 78, in what_export
    export_area.append(child.attrib['id'])
  File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 2198, in lxml.etree._Attrib.__getitem__ (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:49115)
KeyError: 'id'

And when I tried to generate CMYK TIFF, error message appears in Inkscape. And generated TIFF was broken.

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convert: unable to open image `"/usr/share/color/icc/SWOP2006_Coated5v2.icc"': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2617.
convert: no decode delegate for this image format `"/usr/share/color/icc/SWOP2006_Coated5v2.icc"' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/544.
convert: unable to open file `"/usr/share/color/icc/SWOP2006_Coated5v2.icc"': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/FileToBlob/940.

Another 2 extension, PNG CMYK and JPEG CMYK, both display similar error, none of the 4 extension work as expect.

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExportPDFCMYK

[jonata]

All of these extensions aren being developed anymore and are being replaced by a new and more flexible extension called "Inkscape OUTPUT PRO". You can see more details here:
http://jonata.org/inkscape/outputpro/ (only in portuguese).

Thanks!

[Pander]

I would like to test on Linux but for some reason Google Translate cannot process the two pages listed above. Perhaps this can be made avaiable via the Launchpad PPA inkscape-trunk?

[brynn]

I recently found Bing translator. Maybe better luck? http://www.bing.com/translator/?ref=SAL ... &mkt=en-US

[rich2005]

This is some coincidence. I have just spent a good hour or so translating outputpro .py file into English (again) for my own benefit.

I did wonder at the lack of response and put it down to this extension being 'linux only' but it does work (often slowly) and produces cmyk jpeg with embedded colour profile.

Google translate works although I am still not too sure about some of literal translations. For the web page try this.

http://tinyurl.com/8evz5b2

A screenshot from my machine http://i.imgur.com/HFvLA.jpg The extension is a beta and I still get the odd error message but it works.

For the previous extensions, never could get the ..to_pdf to work only ..to_tiff so if jonata is watching...
a big please and is it possible to add a pdf output option.

[Pander]

I tested again on 2012-11-01 on Ubuntu 21.04 LTS with Inkscape 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu1 and these are my findings:
1) http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ExportPDFCMYK can say you can also document to install the two files in ~/.config/inkscape/extensions This will make it easier for people that do not have sudo rights to be able to install and test/use this
2) I do not know what to do with export-tiff-cmyk.patch Do I need to install another extension first?
3) the export dialog should have an option called "Convert texts to paths" which is always selected and cannot be changed by the user. In this way, I do not have to convert to paths manually each time I export
4) the error I get with raserize is:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 268, in <module>
    effect.affect()
  File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 215, in affect
    self.effect()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 243, in effect
    prepare_svg_to_pdf()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 216, in prepare_svg_to_pdf
    areas_de_bitmaps = what_export()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 78, in what_export
    export_area.append(child.attrib['id'])
  File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 2198, in lxml.etree._Attrib.__getitem__ (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:49115)
KeyError: 'id'

5) without rasterize I get this error:

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Cannot list directory /home/pander/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/pander/.uniconvertor'
ignoring it in font_path
Cannot list directory /home/pander/.uniconvertor:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/pander/.uniconvertor'
ignoring it in font_path
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 980, in Load
    xml_reader.parse(input_source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
    self.feed(buffer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 207, in feed
    self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 301, in start_element
    self._cont_handler.startElement(name, AttributesImpl(attrs))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 338, in startElement
    getattr(self, method)(attrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 837, in begin_path
    self.parse_style(style)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 384, in parse_style
    self.try_add_style(key, val)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 394, in try_add_style
    color = csscolor(val)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 79, in csscolor
    color = CreateRGBColor(r, g, b)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'r' referenced before assignment
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/__init__.py", line 82, in uniconv
    doc = load.load_drawing(input_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 364, in load_drawing
    return load_drawing_from_file(file, filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/io/load.py", line 337, in load_drawing_from_file
    doc = loader.Load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 980, in Load
    xml_reader.parse(input_source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse
    xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
    self.feed(buffer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 207, in feed
    self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 301, in start_element
    self._cont_handler.startElement(name, AttributesImpl(attrs))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 338, in startElement
    getattr(self, method)(attrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 837, in begin_path
    self.parse_style(style)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 384, in parse_style
    self.try_add_style(key, val)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 394, in try_add_style
    color = csscolor(val)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/uniconvertor/app/plugins/Filters/svgloader.py", line 79, in csscolor
    color = CreateRGBColor(r, g, b)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'r' referenced before assignment
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 268, in <module>
    effect.affect()
  File "/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex.py", line 216, in affect
    if output: self.output()
  File "export-pdf-cmyk.py", line 46, in output
    out = open(tempfile.gettempdir() + os.sep + 'final.pdf','rb')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/final.pdf'

6) when I create the directory ~/.uniconvertor, I still get the errors from above.

I would be happy to test again when all above points have been fixed or answered

[samtuke]

I installed OutputPro; it looks very promising.

Homepage: http://jonata.org/inkscape/outputpro/
GitHub: https://github.com/jonata/Inkscape-OUTPUT-PRO

I can't get it to export PDFs, or set the DPI correctly. I also can't understand most of the Portuguese interface. So I created issues in GitHub for each of these problems:

https://github.com/jonata/Inkscape-OUTPUT-PRO/issues

I have high hopes for this extension - Inkscape users really need pro pre-printing options and we're pretty close to it with this extension IMO.

[rich2005]

Looking at your issues, fair enough.

I use this extension and find it useful, the author probably needs a bit of help and encouragement above anything else. My coding started at college with fortran and ended late 80's with quickbasic 4.5, lol, so I'm not much help.

English - I made a translation for my own benefit, anyone wants to try it, more than welcome. It is on my rapidshare account (0.75 MB including a pdf of the portuguese - english translations I gleaned from google.) Not a 100% but usable.

http://rapidshare.com/files/965926715/outputpro.zip

AFAIK from the authors webpage, this extension is only for linux. It does throw up an error message at the end but does work. It is a beta after all.
A couple of screenshots http://i.imgur.com/kP4oJ.jpg

Output formats, That list on the webpage looks to me like a timeline and has not progressed beyond jpeg. Certainly could do with pdf, except for tiff I never got the earlier extensions to work.

DPI and print size, I think I know what you mean, but a raster image is measured in pixels so an image @ 100 ppi say 100 x 100 pix, then same image @ 300 ppi = 300 x 300 pix, which I am sure you know. You can print that image any size you want, A6 to A0 but of course the quality will be very different.