[Scribus] Printed document does not show transparency

Christoph Schäfer christoph-schaefer
Wed Jan 25 15:21:34 CET 2006


Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 12:13 schrieb phriedrich:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:45:56 -0800 (PST)
>
> "Sam @ Cariss (sent by Nabble.com)" <lists at nabble.com> wrote:
> > I have got two or three items/graphics which I have made a bit more
> > transparent.  It looks fine on the screen but when I print, it doesn't
> > show them as transparent but as they would be without the
> > transparency.  Is it something to do with the printer or Scribus? --
>
> Check what version of PDF you have selected for output.
> For transparency at least 1.3(?) is needed, but you can also use 1.4.
>
> PDF/X3 also doesn't support for some reasons.
>
> But this are limitations/restrictions of the certain PDF formats, not of
> scribus.
>
> Best regards,
> phriedrich

Actually, PDF 1.4 has to be selected for output. PDF 1.3 does _not_ support 
transparency.

Cheers,

Christoph




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