[Scribus] EPS integration trouble

[Andreas Vox]

Joh wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new to scribus and somewhat perplexed by this problem I have ...
> I'm trying to create a poster for a Scientific conference (1m x 2m)
> using scribus. Using inkscape I have prepared a background image which
> is supposed to frame the poster. Export to eps and import into my
> template in scribus seem to work fine (looks ok on the screen), but 
> when
> looking at "Print Preview", the eps is present twice: once in the right
> position and once mirrored to that. Another issue is that scribus
> crashed every time I'm trying to export the whole thing to pdf ...
>
> I can convert the eps to pdf using epstopdf and then the preview works,
> but I have the impression to loose some of the output quality ...

What area? Fonts? Colors?

> Can anybody help me out with what's going on her?

Difficult without the eps file. Looks like an eps error. Is there a 
"showpage" command in the eps file?

/Andreas