If it's too complicated (and no one else has a good idea), send the PDFs to me and I will have a go at it! I'm curious about the method anyway.
Kind regards, Staffan SWEDEN On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Nicola Griffin <nickigriffin at mac.com> wrote: > 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 > > > ___ > 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
