> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:38:00 -0400
> From: gregp_ky at yahoo.com
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.info
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus PDF Error - Closed
>
> On 04/03/2010 10:08 AM, Mike Sleger wrote:
> > This can be considered closed, thanks for all your help. Here is what I
> > chose to do:
> >
> > 1. Page 1 (cover page) is just a full-page tiff image and doesn't *really*
> > need to be included in the page layout file. I found a handy Convert Image
> > to PDF tool
> > (http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-Image-To-PDF%5CConvert-Tiff-To-PDF.htm<http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-Image-To-PDF%5CConvert-Tiff-To-PDF.htm>)
> > that quickly and nicely converts the native TIF to PDF without placing it
> > in any application.
> For future reference, though, it still seems like a memory issue. Don't
> know if you might have had other processes running which were also
> consuming RAM.
Most likely a memory issue, but I would think 3 GB would be enough RAM to
generate a PDF from a 92 MB TIF. The conversion works outside the Scribus
environment.
> > 2. Exporting the remaining pages to PDF using Scribus 1.3.6 allows me to
> > embed the Adobe outline font instead of outlining it, and the bold I's and
> > l's issue goes away. There's also a lot of interface and feature
> > improvements in 1.3.6, but I'm keeping a copy of the 1.3.3.14 document for
> > backup.
> This may not be a good routine solution. We had printing issues with our
> 440+ page manual which were resolved by embedding fonts -- with
> outlining, the file became so large it choked the printer's equipment,
> i.e., it would only print one copy at a time.
As I said, I can now embed the font instead of outlining it by using 1.3.6.
> I think if you had looked at your PDF with high-mag you would have seen
> these screen appearance issues disappear.
At maximum mag, you're right - they go away. But I think there are distinct
advantages to having the font embedded instead of outlined in the PDF.
> > 3. I could just leave it at that and take two PDF files to the printer, but
> > optionally I can use PDF Split and Merge
> > (http://www.pdfsam.org/<http://www.pdfsam.org/>) to join the cover PDF and
> > content PDF.
> >
> Talk to your printer. As John said, your printer may not want these two
> PDFs together, since they probably won't be done at the same time, and
> maybe not even on the same printing machinery.
>
> Greg
>
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