Exporting a business card from Xara Extreme

**mg.architect** · 30 April 2006, 10:31 PM

The print shop wants an Adobe eps file. So I exported the xara file to the Adobe Illustrator .ai .eps. setting in the Xara Extreme export menu. But for some reason the exported file has two lines of text transposed. It arbitrarily relocated my phone number and my email address.
Is there a better way to export these xara files correctly so a printer can use them?
Thank-you.
mg

**jclements** · 01 May 2006, 03:17 AM

1. convert your text to objects before exporting

OR

2. If the text is frame text or regular text with a hard return, try making each line of text two separate text objects.

OR

3. Give them a hi-res tiff and tell them you exported it
from Illustrator

OR

4. Tell them to look for a differenct customer.

**mg.architect** · 01 May 2006, 02:00 PM

Thank-you for the reply.
I converted the text to editable shapes and then exported it and it worked. Ta Da! I do like this software.

**gwpriester** · 01 May 2006, 02:24 PM

You can likewise use the Adobe PDF export which is also the Illustrator native file format (newer versions of Illustrator can open and edit PDF files). And if you export as PDF the formatting, effects, etc. are in the proper position.

Gary

**mg.architect** · 02 May 2006, 02:11 AM

Thank-you for the additional input. I appreciate all the help.

**AntonyF** · 02 May 2006, 07:42 AM

mg, I concur that PDF is probably the best option these days. But I think Gary means the PDF export within Xara Xtreme, you don't need Adobe. This is one of Xtreme's new features.

Just choose File > Export, then under there is a PDF file format.

But if you got there with EPS in the end, that's great.

**Auberon** · 05 May 2006, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by jclements

OR

4. Tell them to look for a differenct customer.

Tell them to look for a different customer? What sort of advice is that?
So the customer offers a professional printer some dodgy file, that won't open correctly in his professional software, and it is the printer's responsibility to spend time to sort it all out?

Well time is money, and if the customer wants to pay the printer to sort out the mess, then fine, but it would have been quicker and cheaper to get the printer to design the business card in the first place.

But, 'everyone is a designer'.

**Egg Bramhill** · 06 May 2006, 05:29 AM

Auberon

If you run a printing company, remind me never to use your services.

Egg

**Auberon** · 06 May 2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

Auberon

If you run a printing company, remind me never to use your services.

Egg

If I were, I needn't worry too much, you obviously never send out anything for print.

**masque** · 06 May 2006, 12:04 PM

I send stuff to be printed on a daily basis, these days as hi-res tiff or more often PDF. I also found in the past a couple of printers who were able to accept a xar. file and weave their magic from that.
I find printers who lay down too many restrictions on what they are 'prepared' to accept are no more worth my while bothering with as I appear to not be worth their while at least trying to please me as a potential customer.
I agree, let them find a new customer or at least you find a new printer. There are plenty out there who will do the job and make a good job of it.
The printers who don't want to be bothered with you obviously have enough customers using the 'correct' software anyhow.
Derek