I create newspaper ads with scribus and send them in as pdf files. Most of the time there is no problem but sometimes the ads don't print out correctly. The fonts appear either scattered all over the place or parts of the text are missing.
The newspaper company claims that all of their software are up to date and it's my fault. One paper suggested that I use postscript fonts instead of true type fonts. My ads (the exact same one) print properly in most of the company's newspapers but gets screwed up in a couple of the papers. My question is how can I be sure that my pdfs will print out properly in all of the company's newspapers? Should I convert all of my text to outline before exporting to pdf? Will this look as good as non-converted text? What resolution should I export them as? I currently use 300dpi, Acrobat 4 compatibility, embed fonts, compress text, automatic. Should I be using pdf/X3? Will that make a difference? I use Vera fonts and Corel fonts most of the time. My Scribus version is 1.2.2. When I look at my pdf ads in Acrobat 7, they look fine. Apparently, the newspapers either do not have a way to test the pdf files in advance of printing or choose not to. Meanwhile I'm paying for these ads and they're being printed without dates, and other pertinent information. Thanks, Wayne
