Oh dear, can-of-worms time.
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What Gimp plugin will work for me?
[I tried to install separate+ but Windows7 keeps asking for a DLL that I can't find...]
you need libtiff3.dll from Gimp 2.6.
All the required files + a few more are here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/azx5y ... tility.zipFor separate+ there is: icc_colorspace.exe libtiff3.dll separate.exe separate_import.exe all these go in your gimp profile C:\Users\your-name\gimp-2.8\plug-ins. There is also a basic icc profile ISOcoated.icc, put that anywhere you like provided you can find it again.
A bit of a video on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rby7r771D4 4 minutes so should not strain the concentration.
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...So this means images in CMYK, and then able to be converted to pdf..
For PDF I would not use Gimp except for the image editing. Save your work as RGB png or jpg.
I am sure that someone will be along soon to suggest Scribus and if you intend lots of publishing then it is worth the effort to learn all the in-and-outs.
For speed, then get the latest version of ImageMagick
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php - down torards the bottom of that page.
You do need to know how to use command line, but pop your image(s) in a convenient folder open a terminal (cmd window) there and use the command
convert some-image.png -verbose -density 300 -evaluate Pow 0.454545 -colorspace CMYK some-image_cmyk.pdf
if the colours are maybe too dark/light then use the alternative
convert some-image.png -verbose -density 300 -evaluate Pow 2.2 -colorspace CMYK some-image_cmyk.pdf
It all looks more complicated than it is
a very late edit: As a linux user I often forget this. For Windows user I believe Ghostscript is required for anything PDF so get it from here:
http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html