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0005234ScribusUser Interfacepublic2025-06-18 15:46
ReporterKampfCaspar Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSWindowsOS VersionXP SP2
Product Version1.3.4cvs 
Summary0005234: map names of spot colours in the pdf export dialog
DescriptionQuite often, certain spot colors are used eg. for logos etc. The NAME of those spot colors is crucial for the printer to select eg. the correct pantone color.

Within "my" organization however, those spot colors have a different "name". Let it be "my itzi-bitzi logo color". Most of the people (secretaries, I'm sorry) don't know anything about pantone et al.

So it would be nice to have the "itzi-bitzi logo color" in the palette, while the preprint export would name the color eg. "pantone 356".
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christoph_s

2007-02-15 18:28

developer   ~0015246

You only refer to spot colours, right?

KampfCaspar

2007-02-15 18:32

reporter   ~0015247

Yes. The situation where swatch "names" have a special meaning (to the printer) is limited to spot colors, as far as I see...

ale

2025-06-18 15:44

manager   ~0052776

@jghali : what do you think about this?

Personally, i think it would be useful to have a "Company Name Red" color to be used and it will be replaced by a spot color name in the PDF.

In my eyes it's a good beginners task:

- Add a "Nice name" input field in Edit Color, that is activated when "Is spot color" is checked.
- This new name is displayed internally when it's not empty.
- We might want a "diaplayName" and a "printerName" accessor, that would return different values only for spot colors.

If you think this could be useful and easy to implement, I can put it on the list of "easy hacks".
Otherwise (as an example if there are better way of doing it), I think it's time to close this issue as "Won't implement"

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2007-01-22 11:48 KampfCaspar New Issue
2007-02-15 18:28 christoph_s Note Added: 0015246
2007-02-15 18:32 KampfCaspar Note Added: 0015247
2007-02-15 18:34 christoph_s Summary color alias names => map names of spot colours in the pdf export dialog
2025-06-18 15:44 ale Note Added: 0052776
2025-06-18 15:46 ale Tag Attached: #waiting