That's a great offer, John. I don't need it because I also use Linux and have Scribus 1.5.0 installed so I can generate my own PDF/X-1a:2001 files directly from my own *.sla files. But I found out the hard way. I just wanted to say *thumbs-up* :-)
-- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 05:18:05PM -0400, john Culleton wrote: > Scribus 1.4.x won't produce an output in PDF X/1-a:2001 format as > required for covers by LSI and some other printers. Scribus 1.5.0 > will, but is probably about six months away from stability as > 1.6.0. This doesn't bother me because I use Linux and keep up > with the latest 1.5.0 nightly. But not everyone is so lucky. So > for those who use Windows or OS X or just don't want to bother > with installing 1.5.0 I offer the following free service. > > If you will send me your (collected) sla file I will load it into 1.5.0, > generate a PDF X/1-a:2001 file, and return it to you. Send it > to: > sales at wexfordpress.com > with the Subject of: > conversion > > I will of course respect your copyright and confidentiality. > > IMPORTANT: You must "collect" the document into a new folder first, or > I won't have your fonts and external artwork available to me. When you > collect it that process will create a special folder just for this > save. Included in this folder will be subfolders. You need to zip or > gzip the entire new folder and attach that to your email. If you > collected the document into a new folder named "collect" then the > correct command is: > zip -r foo.zip collect > > You send me foo.zip > > > -- John Culleton > > ___ > 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
