On Tuesday 04 April 2006 00:50, Frank Cox wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:25:52 +0200 > > Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au> wrote: > > > I am getting some custom plastic bags printed and made my design using > > > Scribus (of course). I sent the artwork in to the bag manufacturer in > > > PDF format, assuming that pretty much all printing work seems to use > > > PDF. > > > > Have you tried EPS or SVG export? > > The end of this story is that I managed to create a SVG file using the > Scribus export function that looks perfect on my computer. When I first > tried, all I got was the graphic in my SVG file, the text was missing. > After converting the fonts to outline, I got a SVG file that looked good > and contained everything. > > I emailed it to the bag printers on Friday and they initially said that a > SVG file is exactly what they want. > > I called them again today to find out why they hadn't got a proof back to > me for signature, and they said that the SVG that I had sent them was > missing the graphic; all they could see was the text. Actually, the first > guy I talked to said that he could see all of the text but no graphic. The > next guy (who actually does the printing) said that he got only half of the > text on his machine and no graphic. > > Ultimately, I guess they just got tired of dealing with me in regard to > this matter. They said that they have done the conversion to what they > need themselves using the PDF that I originally sent them, and have faxed > me a proof that looks like it is supposed to. > > So I guess that's that. I'm getting the bags that I need manufactured and > printed, but still don't know what the problem was. And may never know, > now.
I guess I would have tried EPS first... depends on what they used to view it.. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 191 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060404/683097f5/attachment.pgp
