On 01/22/2010 06:17 AM, Peter Nermander wrote: >> 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. >> > I am NOT saying you should print to a PDF from Scribus. > > You should create a PDF from Scribus (using Scribus own function), > open that PDF in Adobe Reader and then print from Adobe Reader > directly to a PDF (instead of first printing to PS and using command > line tools to convert PS to PDF). Then Adobe Reader would take care of > flattening, right? > As far as flattening goes, the issue comes up when someone (ie, a commercial printer) requires a PDF version that doesn't support transparency, in which case you have to do these kinds of workarounds.
Greg
