[Scribus] pdf printing problem

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wayne-46 wrote:
> 
> I run ads in two of our daily newspapers for our 
> production and I use Scribus to create the pdf files. 
> I've been doing this for the past several years. 
> Recently, I submitted 2 ads, one in black & white to 
> one newspaper and a spot color ad to another paper. The 
> black & white ad printed fine but the one with spot 
> color shifted two of the letter "A"s in the ad. This 
> shift was  enough to cause one word to be illegible.
> 
> The production person said that the pdf file looked 
> good before the print but came out mangled after the 
> print and that there was no way that they could fix it. 
> I asked if his software was the current version and he 
> said it was. He tried to find out what was causing it 
> but could not do it.
> His suggestion was that I use InDesign or Quark. I 
> previewed the files on Acrobat Reader and they both 
> looked fine.
> 
> My question is this: Is the problem on my side (Scribus 
> 1.3.3.10cvs) or his? Has anyone else experienced this 
> kind of problem?
> 
> The black and white ad, which was virtually identical 
> (except without the spot color) to the color one 
> printed fine at a different newspaper. I embedded all 
> fonts in the pdf files.
> 

My guess: the problem lies with the newpaper. Did they say what
software/workflow they are using?

But you should file a bug and attach the files so we can have a look
(you can set the view status to "private" so that only developers can 
see your files).

/Andreas
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