[reportlab-users] Reportlab and CMYK Images

[Andy Robinson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: reportlab-users-admin@reportlab.com
> [mailto:reportlab-users-admin@reportlab.com]On Behalf Of Oliver Bleutgen
> Sent: 30 September 2003 20:28
> To: reportlab-users@reportlab.com
> Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Reportlab and CMYK Images
> 
> 
> Andy Robinson wrote:
> >>Can somebody give me a short overview about how Reportlab handles CMYK 
> >>images? I had a look at the source, but I'm not sure I got it right.
> >>
> >>It seems if I use a PIL Image instance, the image is always 
> converted to 
> >>RGB, while jpeg files are not converted.
> >>
> >>On a related note, it seems there's no implementation in reportlab for 
> >>adding other types of images, is that right?
> > 
> > 
> > There is certainly nothing in our library to help produce 
> > separations in the same way that Distiller or various
> > prepres tools do.  
> > Help me understand what you want a bit better. Are you hoping to 
> > read in an arbitrary bitmap, include it in a CMYK document, and then 
> > have Quark or some other tool separate the image layers in the
> > resulting PDF? Or something else?
> 
> No, I have already separated CMYK images and want to use a pdf just as a 
> container (for several images at once), which is then sent to a printer. 
> Therefore I need to guarantee that the images to be contained in the PDF 
> are not changed in the pdf building process.
> 
> PS: I sent another message to the list, seems it didn't come through, 
> will resend tomorrow.
> 
> cheers,
> oliver
> 
> 
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