On Tuesday 11 January 2011 16:47:42 Peter Linnell wrote: > On 01/11/2011 09:44 PM, John Culleton wrote: > > I need to import a pdf file created on an LSI template. The > > software used may have been Power Point. It was then passed > > through Distiller I believe. In any case there is a preflight > > report from somewhere that gives it a clean bill of health for > > PDF X/1a:2001. It looks ok in Acrobat Reader but at high mags the > > bar code gets a bit blurry and some of the text like the OCRA has > > stair steps. > > > > I created a blank Scribus file the same dimensions of the > > incoming document. I imported the pdf. The text is all over the > > place and much of it is missing. So on to plan two. > > > > I erased the pdf import and instead created a full dimension > > graphic frame. I input the pdf into the frame. Now the text is a > > bit fuzzy and the bar code, which was a bit marginal before is > > now blurred enough to be unacceptable. > > > > All I want to do is overlay the existing bar code with true > > vector barcode. I may try Gimp at high resolution or inkscape. I > > just wanted to alert the Powers That Be that there are PDF files > > out there that go funky when brought in to Scribus by either the > > import method or the image frame method. > > > > Stay tuned. > > Hi John, > > Can you provide a link or mail me that Pdf directly? I am curious > to poke inside it with Acrobat Pro + Pitstop. > > Thanks, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus Try: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/cover.pdf
However the pdf works fine in Acrobat Reader. I saved it as Postscript (print to file) and imported it into Inkscape. Still pretty crisp and sharp. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus: http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/4055.html Typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com book sales http://wexfordpress.net Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/
