John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:11:09 -0700 > John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo: > >> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:20:00 +0200 >> "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> dijo: > >>> scribus can import eps as vectors since a long time... >>> >>> what you can do starting from 1.3.5, is to put eps (and pdfs) in image >>> frames and have them included as is. >>> indeed, going that way may be worth a try, if you want to reduce the size >>> of your pdfs! >>> >>> but: don't forget that 1.3.5 is not a stable version and that it may kill >>> all your kitten! >> First, when I started trying to print the document there was only one >> small EPS graphic in it. I have since imported it as a vector file and >> deleted the EPS. Extras > Manage Images is now grayed out. There are no >> images in the file at all other than the graphics that were imported as >> vectors and some native Scribus objects. Still, when I export as PDF >> the resulting file is 201 MB. >> >> The problem is that there are six pages containing about 20 rectangles >> created in Scribus. Each rectangle has rounded corners and a 10% gray >> fill. If I print from Scribus I get reasonable print speed, but all >> these rectangles print solid black. This is to various printers using >> their PCL and PostScript drivers. If I export to PDF the rectangles >> appear and print correctly. But then I have to put up with unbearably >> slow printing - 10 minutes per page from Okular and over 20 minutes per >> page from Adobe Reader 9.1. I tried Evince but it errored out when I >> tried to print. >> >> I tried printing to CUPS-PDF instead of exporting as PDF from Scribus. >> That resulted in a PDF file of only 25 MB, but the rectangles were all >> solid black. Furthermore, the page size was messed up. >> >> I also printed to file from Scribus and I will try sending the file >> directly to the printer with lpr. However, I don't hold out much hope >> that it will solve the problem because it was created with Scribus' >> print engine, not its export to PDF engine. >> >> I think there is a bug in the way Scribus prints, but I need to poke >> around with this some more before I can be sure. In the meantime the >> printers I am printing to are older Laserjets with PostScript Level 2, >> so if someone has similar printers you can try creating a rectangle >> with a 10% fill and see what kind of results you get. > > I just discovered something else. I had originally exported as PDF 1.5. > Later I exported as 1.4. Both were huge and impossible to print from. > Since then I exported as 1.3. The file size is only 69 MB compared to > 200+ MB with 1.4 and 1.5. The file opened quickly in Adobe Reader and > the whole thing spooled off to the printer in less than a minute. > > That's the good news. The bad news is that all my rectangles with 10% > gray fill appear on screen in Adobe Reader and Okular as solid black, > and also print as solid black. There were some other oddities as well - > lines placed in two text fames did not make it, but lines placed in > three other text frames did appear and print fine. They were the same > lines created in Scribus.
Well, of course,... PDF 1.3 does not support transparencies... Craig
