Thanks very much for your replies. I honestly can't say I'm going to be able to digest the 100 page SNAP PDF, but I do appreciate the link. No doubt I'll RTFM my way through it when I've got some time, although I suspect it's of more use to someone familiar with the nitty-gritty of DTP Scribus/PDF/postscript/colour profiles and exports etc. than a mere end-user like myself.
What I was really after was the "press the red button" answer ;-) For the record, I'm using SuSe Linux 12.1 on x86_64. -- Ciao Richard Foley http://www.rfi.net/books.html On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:31:44PM -0400, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 04/24/2012 09:04 AM, guerrier wrote: > >>Message: 5 > >>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:58:56 +0200 > >>From: Richard Foley<richard.foley at rfi.net> > >>To: Scribus Mailing List<scribus at lists.scribus.net> > >>Subject: [scribus] LSI compatible export to PDF? > >>Message-ID:<20120424085856.GB3708 at thpad> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> > >>Hi folks, > >> > >>I'm trying to export an LSI compatible PDF for a small colour book. From > >>what > >>I've google'd, I believe a "PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4) might be the closest I can > >>get > >>to conform with PDF/X-1a:2001. However, I also see a "PDF/X-3" option, which > >>appears tantalizingly close. Can anyone clarify, please? > > > >LSI has clarified PDF/X-1a:2001 compliance in this pdf. > >http://www1.lightningsource.com/ops/files/pod/LSI_FileCreationGuide.pdf > > > >SNAP has a very enlightening pdf that also clarifies pdf/x > >http://www.snapquality.com/uploads/SNAP_2011_V_3.pdf > > > > Not sure which platform Richard is using, but if it's Linux, he > could use version 1.5.0 to export to PDF/X-1a if needed. I would > advise doing the work in 1.4.0, then load into 1.5.0 for the export. > > Greg > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
