On 03/06/2017 01:25 PM, scrib at wexfordpress.com wrote: > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Owen Cook" <owen.cook at gmx.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 4, 2017 5:22 PM > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF X-1a:2001 disappeared. > >> When I follow my own instructions of 2009 I cannot find the above >> preference. This PDF format was always one of the >> bragging points of Scribus of yesteryear. I tried two recent versions: >> 1.5.2 on Windows 7 and a bleeding edge >> compile on Slackware linux . The popup instructions still mention it as > an > > An alternative to Greg's solution is to turn Color Management on via the > "Toggle Color Management" icon on the right hand side of the menu bar. See > http://pcug.org.au/~rcook/scribus/Color-Management.jpg > > Owen > > At the moment I am using Scribus 1.4.6 to eliminate any bleeding edge > problems. > > On a test Document I made sure that color management was on.
Where? If it's in a document already open, you have to do this in Document Setup, not Preferences. At the top of the Color Management tab is a box to check for Activate Color Management. I also made > sure that under the color tab of > the pdf export routine "printer" was chosen (this should be the default > imo) This won't make any difference. You should also get a choice of PDF X-1a for screen/web. > > Still no X-1a:2001 choice. The Chen book (2010 edition) says use Adobe > Acrobat Distiller to convert to the desired format. Chen didn't know how to do it either. Greg
