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CMYK SVG in PDFLIB

I would like to use PDFLIB to create a PDF. I would like to import an SVG file which has cmyk colours. I am using PDFLIB's load_graphic. How should I define those colours in the SVG file, to be translated as cmyk in PDFLIB? I tried with icc, device-cmyk, color-profiles, without any luck and there isn't any documentations. Could someone please help?

Solution

  • you might use the brand new PDFlib 9.1 for this task.

    From http://www.pdflib.com/products/pdflib-family/new-features-in-pdflib-9/ :

    PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9.1 introduces new features related to color handling:
    ...
    SVG color extension for ICC profiles, spot and DeviceN color as well as Gray/RGB/CMYK device color for increased usability of SVG for print production

    so when you specify the colors as in the SVG 1.2 Color extension draft you should get the expected result.

    PDFlib 9.1.0 is available for free download on: http://www.pdflib.com/download/pdflib-family/pdflib/