MAJOR pdf export problem...

[letsgofishing]

Hi there,
Had Xara P&GD16 (and WDP17) and have upgraded to XDPX.
A client of mine updates his menu around twice a year and I've exported the file with an Adobe Reader X-3 setting and text converted to curves.
My (digital) printer uses CorelDraw to set up the print job - bleed, crop marks etc. before sending it to her Xerox printer.
Time for an update and I opened the original file in XDPX and did a "save as" with a new date and made the changes on this version.
Export as per the same settings and land up with a major disaster - see attachments!
It get's worse....I think OK I'll open the old file in P&GD16, redo all the changes, export and Bob's etc.... NO same disaster!
I tried making a bitmap copy of the "triangle" background - also a no go. And that square near the bottom is meant to be a barcode...
I've got to get this printed by Friday morning and don't know what to do...

Bunch of grabs attached - hopefully the titles explain...

[letsgofishing]

It's the drop shadow!!!
New triangle new bar code - all good in CorelDraw.
Add drop shadow to triangle - stuff up!
Any idea how I solve this?

[letsgofishing]

It's the drop shadow!!!
New triangle new bar code - all good in CorelDraw.
Add drop shadow to triangle - stuff up!
Any idea how I solve this?

Put a drop shadow on the box... and I've just noticed it's giving the entire page a drop shadow - not selected in XDPX...

[Acorn]

LGF, so have you solved your issue?

Acorn

[letsgofishing]

LGF, so have you solved your issue?

Acorn

Thanks for responding Acorn - no I haven't - any kind of drop shadow causes this weird problem - I'll log a problem with Xara tomorrow...

[ernie-f]

Why CorelDraw? Why not write a PDF from Xara and then print? If transparencies I would try PDF X1 (X1 would flatten all to a bitmap) or PDF X4 (all may be like the original if Xara don't make a failure).
Good luck!