On Thursday 02 September 2004 11:50, s20031701 at tuks.co.za wrote: > I have a pdf problem but its not really a scribus problem. > > Our printers rip rejects our pdfs. To start of with, they only take pdf 1.3 > (cmyk) (x-1a) but scribus 1.2(RC and final) pdfs got rejected (and I did > export it as 1.3) the problem is with a certain command. Their rip's output > looks like this: > "Subject: Not Available > Author: > Keywords: > Creator: Scribus 1.2 > Producer: Libpdf for Scribus 1.2 > CreationDate: D:20040902103151 > ModDate: D:20040902103151 > Total time: 3 seconds > %%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: Tj(PDF); File: %ip:Spread% ]%% > %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end of file) will be ignored ]%% > Job Not Completed: test1.pdf" > > BUT, i sent them a scribus 1.1.6 pdf and it didnt give problems. Also 1.2's > pdfs distills ok.
Then one can make a good guess there is nothing inherently wrong with the PDF. >Why does this happen? Can I get a 1.2 that doesnt use > this command (or can I maybe shut it off manually?) If I had to bet, this is a bug in their RIP. If there is an update, this might fix it. I say this because, if their limit with PDF is 1.3 and only PDF/X-1, then it is probably an older RIP which does not support all PDF 1.3 features. By its nature, it is not easy to edit the source of a PDF either. > > > Thanks, > Kobus > > P.S. They use GRAPIX or something like that as rip software. > This link might be instructive: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2001-October/001701.html and http://docs.scribus.net/content/en/pdfs/pre-press.pdf I just updated the pre-press.pdf a few days ago. If you wish, send me a link to a page or two of the 1.2 PDF which is causing problems. Please *not* as an attachment, im on slow dial up. I have access to specialist PDF preflighting software which is used for diagnosing and fixing troublesome PDF. However, I stand by my general statement that Scribus does generate very spec conformant PDF. I have done extensive testing of Scribus PDF's with a recent Fiery RIP. I have never really had issues either with PDF or directly printing in CMYK PS 3. This outlined in detail in that linked PDF. Hope that helps, Peter
