On Sunday 04 July 2010 10:28:32 Tom wrote: > I created a PDF for a the cover of a book using Scribus. When CreateSpace > printed that book, the barcode on the back cover (an eps file placed there > when creating the cover in Scribus) was printed in its proper place but was > also overlaid on top of another graphic on the back cover and was stretched > to the height of that image. CreateSpace, when informed about the problem, > made some unknown adjustment and printed the cover as expected. They cannot > or will not tell me what caused the problem. Since this has happened twice > now, I suspect that something in my file is causing the problem. One font > family was not embedded but their pre-flight software should have > identified that. And it doesn't seem like that would have caused this kind > of problem. > > Two questions about creating book covers with Scribus: > > 1. Exactly how should I created prepress PDFs for printers? > 2. Has anyone successfully created PDFs for Lightning Source using > the Windows version of Scribus? > > Tom Benjey > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100704/764f3242/ >attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
For detailed instruction see my e-book listed below. For LSI a common strategy is to just leave the bar code rectangle blank and let them patch it in. I have produced pdf covers that ran without difficulty on 360 Digital and Lulu. LSI is a bit more difficult For LSI make sure you use pdf x/1-a format and don't use a rich black with more than 240% ink coverage. I built my own rich black in Scribus. Bar code should be pure black, not rich black. As an alternative, to get around some problems LSI has with layers etc. save the file as tiff instead of pdf. Of course you still must use CMYK colors throughout. LSI will accept tiff. I have no idea why Createspace had a problem. I will try them next. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
