thank you for your replies , I was going to attach the svg file as requested but the forum rules want to make it very small so here is a drop box link with the original,
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t8t9z8enp685 ... zDVma?dl=0

Once an image has been imported into Inkscape and ,Object to Path, button selected I then select trace bitmap. why once the bitmap has Been traced I have 2 outlines on either side of what was originally a solid black line. I have tried to reduce the number of scans and turned down the sensitivity se...