[Scribus] PDF generated from Scribus doesn't print right

[frank gaude']

Gustavo Homem wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2007 19:03, John Beale wrote:
>   
>>  > I generated this PDF with Scribus:
>>  > http://people.angulosolido.pt/~gustavo/scribus/probPDF/problem.pdf
>>  > and although it opens fine on Adobe Reader, whenever I try to print it
>>  > result is half a page of pixelated content, along with a perfect half...
>>
>> Adobe Acrobat 7 for Windows XP reports the above PDF document is 16.5 x
>> 11.7" in size, and it is just a lossy-compressed bitmap, without vector or
>> font info. Is that what you intended? Is this your original layout or was
>>     
>
> Yes, this is intended.
>
>   
>> this scanned in from an existing print? I only have a US letter-sized
>>     
>
> Precisely.
>
>   
>> printer (8.5 x 11 inches) but for what it is worth, when asked to print
>> just page 1, Acrobat 7 did print out the first page correctly (the one that
>> is shown pixellized in your PNG example)
>>     
>
> Thanks for the info. We need to see if this is a Linux/Ghostscript related 
> issue only.
>
> This was tested on two printers with the same Linux version, and we got the 
> pixelized result on both.
>   
I am beginning to see. I think you need to scan such a document at 
higher resolution to get the type to print clean. At least use 1200 x 
1200 pixels.

frank