On Thursday 21 January 2010 06:56:20 Peter Nermander wrote: > >>> Open the PDF in Adobe Reader, then print to a file, which will create a > >>> PS file. Then take that file and use ps2pdf (which is part of > >>> ghostscript). > > > > What he's trying to do is shrink the PDF, so some sort of conversion is > > needed. > > Yes, but my comment was in response to what I quoted. Instead of > printing to postscript and "distilling" with ghostscript (ps2pds is as > far as I know only a wrapper script for ghostscript) it would probably > be a lot easier to just print directly to a PDF. > > /Peter
That would not handle flattening etc. which unfortunately Scribus itself doesn't do. My current workflow is to write from Scribus as pdf, load that file into Acroread, save as a print file, and then run that through PStill with a godawful command line and receive a PDF x/1-a:2001 file as a result. When Scribus will save to PDF x/1-a:2001, flattening as it goes, my workflow will be one heck of a lot simpler. John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
