Am Montag, 4. Juli 2005 19:19 schrieb Craig Ringer: > > If they really must use Quark, they'll have to get it into a format > Quark won't choke on first. EPS may be an option depending on what the > file contains - but they'd need to use a decent version of Acrobat Pro > to save as EPS. You could also try exporting as EPS from Scribus (be > sure to check the page in GSView - not gv / ghostview) before sending > it. > > Using TIFF is another option - Photoshop does a good job of rasterising > PDF. Again, depending on what you're printing this could cause issues, > and is rather less than ideal. There were issues with the Scribus bitmap > export, but I think Franz may have just sorted those out, so you could > try that too. > > Be aware that all these are basically workarounds for their rather > PDF-incompatible workflow. I've had endless issues with using PDF > directly in Quark at work, to the point where I don't even try anymore. > This is Quark 4, but I hear that's one of the things they didn't improve > as much as they should've in newer versions. That said, I find that > exporting as EPS (or occasionally TIFF) gets us reliable results, though > it does mean all documents have to be checked against the original ad > (just in case). > > Frankly, I'd consider using Quark something you expect from designers, > agencies, etc. Printers these days shouldn't even need a copy - just > some good (and *really* expensive) Acrobat plug-ins or standalone > imposition and preflight software.
Thank you all for your detailed explanation. I will contact my print shop again and try to find out what and why they are doing it this way. I hope will find a common solution. Otherwise I will have to look for another print shop. -- Best regards Richard Hammerl URL: http://www.cadsoft.de -- E-mail: hotline at cadsoft.de
