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Hi<br>
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I am sorry to come this way but I have mislaid my user name and my
log on details.<br>
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I have been using Scribus to produce an A5 64 (sometime 60 sometimes
68) page magazine once a month for the last couple of years. About
half the pages are adverts in PNG format and the other half are
individual pages of text with a few photographs. I now produce an
PDF X3 format file which I send to the printer.<br>
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I remove adverts when they do not renew, add new ones and the text
is changed or deleted every month by going to the page and either
editing it or clearing the contents and copying electronically from
an original say press release. Sometimes I produce the editorial
text in Word (so that I can spell check it) and then copy and paste
in giving it my standard format. Some of the pages are of standard
format each month with only changes of text.<br>
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I have noticed that it seems very slow to load - it seems slower
than when I started a couple of years ago.<br>
<br>
Should I be clearing down a buffer or equivalent - how do I make a
fresh start without having to re-construct each page?<br>
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Any guidance would be gratefully received.<br>
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Kind regards<br>
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<br>
Robin Dean<br>
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On 20/12/2011 17:36, Robin Dean (Google) wrote:
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Hi<br>
<br>
I asked my printer why I am getting muddy pictures in greyscale.
Her explanation is as follows (in italics):<br>
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<i>one possible answer is because the images are originally RGB
(or greyscale), so if you use PDFX1 (or just plain PDF) then all
images get converted automatically to CMYK which makes then very
muddy. This is because an extra layer of black gets added to all
images . The preferred flavour is PDFx-3. This format keeps all
colour modes in their original form. </i><i>. </i><br>
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I have tried to export in PDFX-3 - the preflight verifier says
that the current profile is PDF/X-3 but when I move onto the Save
as PDF dialogue box all the Tabs are available EXCEPT the PDF/X-3
tab which is greyed out.<br>
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How do save in PDF/X-3 format?<br>
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Kind regards<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Robin Dean<br>
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