Preflight-Verifier-Help-Text

This page lists explanations for each Preflight-Check errors/warnings

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For the Preflight-Checker

Warning/Error	Companion Text	Vetted by Scribus Dev	Added to Master
Object has Transparencies	This warning indicates that your document contains images that have a transparent layer. This is really only an issue if using older printing profiles. It is safe to ignore this when using modern printing methods, or exporting to PDF version greater than 1.4.	not yet
Image is GIF	This warning alerts you that you are using a bitmap based graphic format (.gif is one of those) which will most likely result in poor viewing quality (for example: when commercially printed, viewed on a high-resolution screens, etc...). If your PDF will be printed commercially, there are some printing systems that will have difficulty printing these types of images.	not yet
Missing Image	The assigned image file cannot be found.	not yet
Image Resolution below X DPI	This is a user definable setting serving as a caution for low resolution images, which may lead to poor quality images.	not yet
Image Resolution above X DPI	This is a user definable setting serving as a caution for high resolution images, which may lead to unnecessarily large files.	not yet
Empty Image Frame	If you have created an image frame, there is the presumption that you planned to put an image in it.	not yet
Empty Text Frame	If you have created a text frame, there is the presumption that you planned to put text in it.	not yet
Text Overflow	There is more text than can show in the frame as sized. Nonvisible excess characters like spaces and carriage returns may trigger this if nothing appears to be missing.	not yet
Glyphs missing	You have one or more characters which do not have a corresponding glyph in your chosen font.	not yet
Object colorspace is not CMYK or spot	PDF supports many different ways to represent the color of any object including RGB, CMYK and Spot (aka Separation) colors. Some of the PDF standards, such as PDF/X-1a, require the only CMYK and Spot colors be used.	not yet
Image dimension is smaller than its frame	Image doesnt fit the whole space you reserved for it. Maybe this is intended, or maybe this is caused by bad inner placement or scale. The result will be shown clipped/cropped.	not yet
Annotation uses a non TrueType font	NEEDS COMPANION TEXT	not yet
Imported document contains non embedded fonts	When some imported document uses non-embedded fonts, then their rendering will be wrong, unless by chance you have them installed on their system, but that cannot be garanteed in case you want to share the resulting document.|| align="center" bgcolor="Salmon" | not yet || align="center" bgcolor="Salmon" |
Object is a placed PDF	The warning is verifying for you that there is a PDF loaded into an Image Frame, where it will be rasterized or converted to a bitmap. Its resolution may be less than ideal. See PDF Export to learn how to minimize this problem.' OR 'Inserting a PDF in Scribus might sometime lead to rendering issues. Check the "experimental" checkbox in the PDF export dialog, so as to use the PODOFO library which generally leads to good results.'|| align="center" bgcolor="Salmon" | not yet || align="center" bgcolor="Salmon" |
Object is not on a Page	An object is placed somewhere outside of the page borders, it won't be printed and might be missing somewhere	not yet
Object is a PDF Annotation or Field	Indicates that editorial changes have been made to a PDF are still present. They may cause issues in professional printing. Also helpful reminder if you are wanting to publish a final draft without editorial relics.	not yet
Applied master page has different page destination (left, middle, right side)	Have you applied the correct Master Page?	not yet
Layers
Transparency used	This layer uses transparency, only an issue if using older printing profiles. You may safely ignore this when using modern printing methods, or exporting to PDF version greater than 1.4.	not yet
Blendmode used	This layer uses transparency, only an issue if using older printing profiles. You may safely ignore this when using modern printing methods, or exporting to PDF version greater than 1.4.	not yet
Print/Visible Mismatch	Either an invisible layer is going to print/export, or a visible layer is not set to print/export.	not yet

For the Preflight-Checker Preferences

So it may also be a good idea to have more verbose text in a pop-up next to each Preflight Check Preference menu item. A good example that could be utilized for pop up text would be here: http://fossies.org/linux/misc/scribus-1.4.3.tar.gz/scribus-1.4.3/scribus-1.4.3/scribus/doc/en/print2.html

Quick Mockup idea:

Related

• Scribus tool usage hints