OldGoat Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Exporting to PDF has been giving me issues for a while now. I'm using latest Affinity version and have laptop, windows 10 with 16GB ram and graphics card. When I export a file to PDF for print I experience transparent PNG's showing a black background when printed, etc. I therefore export using PDF/X-3:2003 which seems to work well. However, what took me a few minutes to export before (probably the ver9 of Affinity) now takes an hour or more. (The Affinity file size is 75mb and exported PDF is 19mb). My laptop also seems to use all its resources too and slows everything down making it hard to use while I'm exporting a file Any ideas of what I can try? Quote Oldgoat Marketing - For all your internet marketing needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 7, 2021 Staff Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hi OldGoat, Its possible that there is a font conflict or a corrupt image that is causing your lengthy export times. If possible could you provide a copy of the Affinity project file so I can look into this further with you? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Hi @Callum Thanks for your reply. The file is attached. I really hope you can help. Regards Barry Side panels h100 2.6x230.afdesign Quote Oldgoat Marketing - For all your internet marketing needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OldGoat Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Many thanks @Callum. You are a lifesaver I will edit the others I have with the same issue Have a great day Quote Oldgoat Marketing - For all your internet marketing needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OldGoat Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 With my previous attempt, I did not have a white background (was transparent) and I exported "PDF (for print)". The PDF looked fine but when printed, the placed PNG (transparent) printed the transparent part black (attached). Quote Oldgoat Marketing - For all your internet marketing needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OldGoat Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Many thanks again. I'll continue to output to PDF/X-1a:2003 to be on the safe side Quote Oldgoat Marketing - For all your internet marketing needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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