> On Tuesday 11 January 2011 16:47:42 Peter Linnell wrote: >> On 01/11/2011 09:44 PM, John Culleton wrote: >> > I need to import a pdf file created on an LSI template. The >> > software used may have been Power Point. It was then passed >> > through Distiller I believe. In any case there is a preflight >> > report from somewhere that gives it a clean bill of health for >> > PDF X/1a:2001. It looks ok in Acrobat Reader but at high mags the >> > bar code gets a bit blurry and some of the text like the OCRA has >> > stair steps. >> > >> > I created a blank Scribus file the same dimensions of the >> > incoming document. I imported the pdf. The text is all over the >> > place and much of it is missing. So on to plan two. >> > >> > I erased the pdf import and instead created a full dimension >> > graphic frame. I input the pdf into the frame. Now the text is a >> > bit fuzzy and the bar code, which was a bit marginal before is >> > now blurred enough to be unacceptable. >> > >> > All I want to do is overlay the existing bar code with true >> > vector barcode. I may try Gimp at high resolution or inkscape. I >> > just wanted to alert the Powers That Be that there are PDF files >> > out there that go funky when brought in to Scribus by either the >> > import method or the image frame method. >> > >> > Stay tuned. >> >> Hi John, >> >> Can you provide a link or mail me that Pdf directly? I am curious >> to poke inside it with Acrobat Pro + Pitstop.
> Try: > http://wexfordpress.com/tex/cover.pdf > > However the pdf works fine in Acrobat Reader. I saved it as Postscript > (print to file) and imported it into Inkscape. Still pretty crisp and > sharp. Hi John, Using 1.4.0.svn I took your cover PDF and embedded it in a Scribus document, then exported the Scribus document as a pdf. See http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/scribus/JC_Exercise.pdf I then viewed it in Acrobat at 400%. These are my comments. The embedding, via activating "Embed PDF and EPS files (Experimenta), was faithful to the original. Magnifying the original barcode 400% in your original cover.pdf and the one I made showed no difference in quality which was acceptable. The Scribus inserted barcode is certainly a lot clearer I can only assume the original cover design was done with an inferior work practice. -- Owen
