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device-color-without-output-intent

All codes

  • Type: error
  • Kind: usage (the caller misused the API)

What happened

Under a PDF/A profile, a page draws with DeviceCMYK (CMYK given as plain numbers, with no profile to say which inks they mean): a Color::cmyk colour or a CMYK JPEG.

Why

The PDF/A standard for archival PDF (ISO 19005) gives device colour a defined meaning through the document’s output intent, which Lamina PDF writes as sRGB. That sRGB intent defines device RGB and gray, but not device CMYK, so ISO 19005-2 §6.2.4.3 forbids CMYK under it.

How to fix

Use Color::rgb or Color::gray, convert CMYK images to RGB, or give CMYK colours an ICC profile with Color::icc (an ICC-based colour carries its own meaning).

Example

surface.fill_color(Color::cmyk(0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 0.0));
builder.finish()?; // device-color-without-output-intent under Profile::PdfA2b

Data fields

  • page: the index (0-based) of the first page that uses DeviceCMYK.