[scribus] exporting to PDF gives bad print result

[Christian Andersen]

Submitted on 11/30/2009
Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.6.26]

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   Your contact information:
     Name: Christian Andersen
     Email Address: chriand at dk.ibm.com
   About your Scribus program:
     Version: 1.3.3.13
     Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt
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   Your operating system and CPU:
     Type: Linux
     Version: ubuntu 8.04
     CPU type: 32bit  Intel/AMD (i386)
   Your request content:
     Subject: exporting to PDF gives bad print result
     Message:
hi.

I have create my own photo calendar using pcal and scribus. I export the  
calendar as a PDF file. The result looks very good on screen.

But I visited a commercial printshop today and the print result was a bit  
disappointing. All my pictures were a bit dimmed and had lost some of the  
color intensity.

At the printshop I also tried to do a print of a single pictures (JPEG). The  
same files which I have uploaded into Scribus. Printing the JPEG directly:  
Here the result was great.

So somehow the PDF distillation is doing something to my pictures.

When I export the PDF file, the settings are:

Compatibility = PDF 1.4
Compress Text and vector graphics = ON
Image compression method = Automatic
Image compression quality = Maximum
Output intended for = Printer

Do anyone of you have experience with this problem and maybe can tell me, if  
I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance
Christian


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