Thank you Staffan. I'll have a look at that. Hmm. Though looking at the site it may be a little beyond me. I have a lot of experience of using packages but have no real 'computer' knowledge.
However I will persevere and see where I get to. Kind regards Nicki On 14 Nov 2012, at 12:23, Staffan Melin (Oscillator) wrote: > Hi! > > A quick reply: > > http://www.shaftek.org/blog/2007/11/09/flattening-transperancies-in-pdf-with-free-tools/ > > which says: > > "An interesting issue has come up recently with my publishing company > - one of our printing suppliers flagged incoming PDFs as being > not-printable due to transparencies. After looking around for > solutions, I came up with a way to resolve the issue without resorting > to Acrobat (which we don?t use). The solution is two fold: > > 1. First convert the incoming PDF to PostScript using XPDF?s pdftops. > This will flatten the transparencies. GhostScript?s pdf2ps tool DOES > NOT do that. > > 2. Then convert the PostScript back to PDF using GhostScript?s ps2pdf tool. > > Both tools are open source and free (although watch out for > GhostScript?s GPL license). One important point ? pdftops requires a > paper width and height unless you want to end up with 8?11 paper for > everything. The width/height is specified in PostScript points which > are 72 per inch." > > Kind regards, > > Staffan > SWEDEN > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Nicola Griffin <nickigriffin at mac.com> > wrote: >> Dear list >> >> This is my first posting. >> >> I've been using Scribus for the last couple of months to create a 28-page >> magazine. I'm now sending it for a trial print, but have a problem with >> transparencies. I need to be able to flatten the information in the pdf to >> ensure the transparencies print as expected. My printer recommends exporting >> the file as a PDFx1a but this choice is not available when I export to PDF. >> I've been exporting as PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5). The transparencies show up ok >> when I view the document in Adobe Reader. >> >> I'm using a Mac with Scribus 1.4.1. I've tried the suggestion in the Scribus >> Wiki to use Adobe Reader to create a flattened PostScript file via the Print >> dialog but Reader does not allow this. The newer version of Reader doesn't >> seem to have this option at all. >> >> I'm at the stage of abandoning transparencies altogether as being too >> unpredictable so this is a last shot. >> >> Any suggestions gratefully received. >> >> Nicki >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net > > > > -- > Staffan Melin > Oscillator - ord bild form > Kryssd?cket 1 > SE-413 27 G?TEBORG > SVERIGE/SWEDEN > www.oscillator.se > staffan.melin at oscillator.se > +46 (0)70-4876 250 > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
