Trying to convert a cover image from a customer to PDF X/1-a via Scribus 1.5.0, build C-C-T-F-C1.8.6 of 4 October.
I created a page size in Scribus exactly equal to the pdf. Then I imported that pdf. All I got was the outline of the large print characters and no graphics at all. So I converted the pdf to ps with Ghostscript and used the online ps2pdf conversion facility of Adobe. Same result. Then I imported the pdf into Gimp and saved it as tiff. I created a large graphic frame exactly matching the dimensions of the original pdf and the new tiff. When I placed the tiff I got a red "X" with the name of the tiff file in the middle of the X. I tried fitting the image to the frame but that didn't help. Tried converting to svg in Inkscape. Got the inkscape svg file but the text was overlaid in a few places. Right now I am running out of (un)clever tricks. any suggestions? -- John Culleton, Wexford Press
