I also want to add, I've tried importing into Scribus the SVG and I see everything in the card ... except the filter I've applied to the gradient. I get an error, something along the lines of "all features not supported" etc.

First of all, thanks for replying. Yes, I've been searching. I am not a graphics designer, I just used Inkscape (2nd time so far) twice so far, and a lot of the lingo is new to me. I think from what I've found in the past few days: 1) Inkscape and CMYK color conversion just doesn't work for gradient...

I've been spending almost 2 weeks now on this problem, I am just about ready to give up. I created a business card with a gradient. Then, I applied to a filter to this gradient (Filters -> Scatter -> Cubes). I also linked Color Management of "US Web Coated SOAP v2" to the gradient. Now the...