On Tuesday 11 January 2011 23:14:22 Owen wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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. > > Hi John, > Using 1.4.0.svn > > I took your cover PDF and embedded it in a Scribus document, then > exported the Scribus document as a pdf. > > See http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/scribus/JC_Exercise.pdf > > I then viewed it in Acrobat at 400%. These are my comments. > > The embedding, via activating "Embed PDF and EPS files > (Experimenta), was faithful to the original. Magnifying the > original barcode 400% in your original cover.pdf and the one I made > showed no difference in quality which was acceptable. > > The Scribus inserted barcode is certainly a lot clearer > > I can only assume the original cover design was done with an > inferior work practice.
He used Powerpoint(!) But then he ran it through Distiller to get pdf x/1-a:2001 format. I am now caught in a dilemma. 1.4.0 will import a pdf without going crazy but lacks Pdf X/1-a which is a requirement. I will try a two step process: import into 1.3.9 and export as pdf, then import THAT pdf into 1.5.0. Stay tuned. -- 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/
