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On Thursday 15 August 2002 03:16 pm, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 15. August 2002 09:23 schrieb Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen:
> > > What about the business (I forget the technical name) where CMYK colors
>
> trapping
> (deutsch: Überfüllung)
>
> > > are caused to overlap a little. so as to print better? In other words
> > > are we close to the point where Context can do color prepress or do we
> > > have a way to go yet?
>
> You can use In-RIP-Separation (if your printshop knows to handle it).
> It's easier if you define all your colors in CMYK.
>
> > Come on,, give the guy a break. Does anybody know any free package that
> > can do that?
>
> Trapping is "a bit" complicated. No wonder that there are only a few
> (expensive!) tools.
> Think about: GIMP is not even able to handle CMYK...
>
> Grüßlis vom Hraban!

Yes indeed, which is why the Context CMYK function is so exciting.

John Culleton