On 12/24/06, Kite Lau <kitelau at gmail.com> wrote: > ? 2006-12-24?? 12:24 +0100?Craig Bradney??? > > On Sunday 24 December 2006 11:53, Kite Lau wrote: > > > I worked out an artwork for a product gift box using Scribus. I sent the > > > output PDF file to a factory to print it. First time number of copy was > > > 15,000. Today I saw the final box and was a little disappointed by that > > > factory. The vector lines, fonts, expecially small fonts on the box are > > > not smooth on the edge. Now I suspect that they imported the PDF into > > > photoshop as bitmaps and then do the printing output. I think I shall > > > talk to the factory and warn them next time. As far as I know, most of > > > people here in China make gift box etc. using Coreldraw, so most of them > > > know coreldraw files but do not know how to handle PDF files correctly. > > > > > > This could be the case, unfortunately, however, what was your sample like? > > Or > > did they not provide a sample finished product before producing 15000 > > copies? > > That sounds strange to me, if they didn't. > > > > Regards > > Craig > > I did not have an exact sample, but my desktop grade B/W HP Laserlet > 3015 gave me much much more smooth fonts and lines when I printed the > same PDF file. My brother in law was in charge of this case, I asked for > a sample from the factory but he said it is not necessary, so... > Definitely we should setup new film for next time and require a sample > before printing. The printed copies could be used for the moment > although not very good. Luckily the colors of the box are alright.
I had to deal with the same problem here, where I live. So I went to a professional imagesetter and created the films first. Did the imposition as per the instructions from the printers, and filmed the whole job before going to the printer. (Although I wasn't using Scribus at the time, I doubt the procedure would be any different.) The output was exceptional. Best regards, Branko
