On Thursday 07 October 2004 05:32, Sunil Joshi wrote: > Thank you for your suggestion, Martin. I tried what you suggested, and > saved a ps file. As such, Scribus does not seem to recognize the ps > file in the "get picture" dialog. If one selects "all files", the ps > file show up, but nothing seems to get imported. > > If one selects The File>Import>EPS/PS dialog seem to recognize the ps > file, but importing it that way does not seem to work either (I can't > see the image yet, the program was been trying to import it for last 5 > minutes - its kind of frozen, but now back live). If I change the > extension to eps, the file is now seen/recognized, but again, nothing > gets imported.
With both of these not working, I'd like to get a copy of the PS file so we can have a read to see if a) its valid, b) where our importer isnt working. > So, the best solution seems to be importing the pdf file. There is no > mechanism to change the DPI setting of pdf in Mac Print command. When > I import the pdf generated using Mac print command, the pdf seems to be > a 72 x 72 lpi. > > Else where, Craig had suggested that I try to use Ooffice (thank you > Craig) to generate the pdf and I tried that technique. the OOO pdf > converter does allow one to select a higher dpi. I selected 1200 dpi > and saved the pdf document. Upon importing it into the image box, it > seems to at least import the pdf. One concern however is that even > though the DPI selected was 1200, the info command shows a LPI of 141x > 141 only. The original PPI is 141? > The pdf image seems very grainy and diffused, so not clear if there > would be printing issues (I'll find out soon and report the difference > between the two techniques-Mac's print to pdf, and ooo's higher dpi > pdf). However it is clear from this discussion that importing tables > in Scribus is still a challenge, and so is creating a nicely > formattable table. There also seems to be an ps importing issue, which > I am not sure if its only my issue or a broader issue. It will show at 72dpi on the canvas as a preview though. It only matter what prints out. Tables are due for a major upgrade in 1.3 and the PS importer is as above. Finding more realworld, and valid, PS files are the only way we can cover all issues within them. Craig
