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#1
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - Today at 03:31:20 PMPossibly I'm confused as to how Scribus handles bleeds. Is there documentation on that?
Here's what I'm expecting when I set up a document with bleeds:
Am I off with any of this?
By The Way, I tried going back to my original facing pages/first page right (booklet format) layout. But I couldn't find an option to format it for output as a booklet, either within Scribus or in the printer settings itself. Probably I'm missing something very simple.
Here's what I'm expecting when I set up a document with bleeds:
- Page Size = Final trimmed size (in this case, 5.25" x 8", or 10.5" x 8" for the full double page spread
- Bleed = Area outside the trimmed page which is to be printed with color, with the intent of trimming to give a "fully printed page" (marginless) feel. In this case, it would be .08".
- Margin = Area not to be printed, either for layout or (in this case) technical regions...my Xerox WorkCentre requires a minimum page margin of .1614" on all sides.
- Output page size = full size of the media to be printed on, in this case US Letter-sized bond paper (8.5" x 11").
Am I off with any of this?
By The Way, I tried going back to my original facing pages/first page right (booklet format) layout. But I couldn't find an option to format it for output as a booklet, either within Scribus or in the printer settings itself. Probably I'm missing something very simple.
#2
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Image loading using script...
Last post by utnik - Today at 02:59:11 PMcan't see the attached files:
utnik
utnik
#3
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by utnik - Today at 02:55:33 PMi don't know okular. but it looks as scribus did its job. as you stick to the (very unusual) way to have four single pages in the order 4, 1, 2, 3, okular must deal with it in another way than the normal booklet printing. (and if you're printing on 8.5"/11" paper it may be misaligned by the missing 0.5"...)
utnik
utnik
#4
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - Today at 02:21:46 PMBesides printing direct, I tried printing the PDF via Okular (I'm on Linux...Ubuntu Studio 24.04LTS). And, according to the Properties data there, my page size is the desired 5.25" x 8" (see attachment).
Possibly it's a printer issue (Xerox WorkCentre 6515DN); I tried "fit" scaling, "full size" scaling, no scaling...basically, I tried every single scaling option it offered. The results were consistent, although consistently unacceptable. If it was a printer issue, though, it was resolved by transferring the data to LibreOffice Draw; I printed that file the very first time with no issues. But that's a rather kludgy workflow for the other members of the church whom I'd like to have assist me in future.
Possibly it's a printer issue (Xerox WorkCentre 6515DN); I tried "fit" scaling, "full size" scaling, no scaling...basically, I tried every single scaling option it offered. The results were consistent, although consistently unacceptable. If it was a printer issue, though, it was resolved by transferring the data to LibreOffice Draw; I printed that file the very first time with no issues. But that's a rather kludgy workflow for the other members of the church whom I'd like to have assist me in future.
#5
Scripts and Plugins / Image loading using script not...
Last post by shab.t786 - Today at 11:08:34 AMI am loading an image using script but the color of the image does not show properly in scribus
Below is the script.
Attached are the images of how it shows in scribus
Below is the script.
Attached are the images of how it shows in scribus
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image = Image.open(image_path)
width, height = image.size # Get image dimensions
# Convert pixels to Scribus points (assuming 72 DPI)
#width_pts = 40
#height_pts = 40
width = 40
height = 40
dpi = 300
width_pts = width * 72 / dpi
height_pts = height * 72 / dpi
# Set default position for image
x_pos, y_pos = -80, 80
# Create and load image into Scribus frame
image_frame = scribus.createImage(x_pos, y_pos, width_pts, height_pts)
scribus.loadImage(image_path, image_frame)
scribus.setScaleImageToFrame(True, True, image_frame)
#6
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by utnik - Today at 10:40:11 AMQuote from: ehbowen on Today at 06:42:49 AM...By the way, if I was to go back to my original four-page layout...is there a PDF option which will print it correctly as far as page order? I couldn't find it and ended up moving the back cover to Page 1.the usual way would be to generate a standard layout with 'facing pages' and the first page on the right side and print it as a 'booklet' (many .pdf readers allow this by default.)
the approach with two landscape pages (p4/p1 and p2/p3) works as well and is easy as long as there are just 4 portrait pages. what went wrong when you tried this? was the .pdf file already scaled to 75% and misaligned, or did this happen later, when printing?
utnik
#7
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - Today at 06:45:38 AMQuote from: ehbowen on Today at 06:42:49 AMQuote from: AdmFubar on Today at 05:05:05 AMLot of info is missing about your document. From what i can see from the images provided, your top margin is out of whack. Cant determine why from just the images.
Would need to see the whole document to find what is wrong. Can you attach the document for us to peruse? If you can use the collect for output, and then zip the directory so we can have all the relevant bits of the file.
Okay. I had to crunch it down quite a bit as I was using the full-resolution stock photo files I purchased, so the original file was over 54 megs...! But I replaced the images with downscaled versions and kept the same layout, and I still have the same printing problem. So I'll upload that now.
Thanks for taking a look at it. I'm wanting to move to in-house design using open source software as opposed to the expensive preprinted bulletin services. So I'd like to get Scribus working successfully.
By the way, if I was to go back to my original four-page layout...is there a PDF option which will print it correctly as far as page order? I couldn't find it and ended up moving the back cover to Page 1.
By The Way, I was experimenting with bleeds but not going full bleed with this layout. So that header image of the church was not intended to bleed...in this version. For this coming Sunday I'm going with a larger image and I'll bleed the top of it as well.
#8
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - Today at 06:42:49 AMQuote from: AdmFubar on Today at 05:05:05 AMLot of info is missing about your document. From what i can see from the images provided, your top margin is out of whack. Cant determine why from just the images.
Would need to see the whole document to find what is wrong. Can you attach the document for us to peruse? If you can use the collect for output, and then zip the directory so we can have all the relevant bits of the file.
Okay. I had to crunch it down quite a bit as I was using the full-resolution stock photo files I purchased, so the original file was over 54 megs...! But I replaced the images with downscaled versions and kept the same layout, and I still have the same printing problem. So I'll upload that now.
Thanks for taking a look at it. I'm wanting to move to in-house design using open source software as opposed to the expensive preprinted bulletin services. So I'd like to get Scribus working successfully.
By the way, if I was to go back to my original four-page layout...is there a PDF option which will print it correctly as far as page order? I couldn't find it and ended up moving the back cover to Page 1.
#9
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 05:05:05 AMLot of info is missing about your document. From what i can see from the images provided, your top margin is out of whack. Cant determine why from just the images.
Would need to see the whole document to find what is wrong. Can you attach the document for us to peruse? If you can use the collect for output, and then zip the directory so we can have all the relevant bits of the file.
Would need to see the whole document to find what is wrong. Can you attach the document for us to peruse? If you can use the collect for output, and then zip the directory so we can have all the relevant bits of the file.
#10
Installation and Setup / Why Can't I Print Full Size?
Last post by ehbowen - December 02, 2024, 10:08:10 PMOkay. I've been using Scribus for about a year now, mostly for formatting full-length novels, and they all came out great. So I thought that a church bulletin should be simplicity itself. Key words: "should be..."
I had formal experience as a typesetter and layout man many moons ago before I began boiling water as a day job, so I knew what I wanted to do. Simple church bulletin, four page layout, each page 5.25" x 8", printed front and back on a letter-size sheet of premium quality bond paper, trim the edges for bleed, and fold to finished size. And I wanted to do it in Scribus.
The layout was beautiful (see attachments). But I could NOT get it to print full size, with the two sides aligned on the fold line! I tried exporting it to PDF, I tried printing directly, I tried playing with the bleed and margin setting...each time it came out about 75% the size of what I intended, with the two sides misaligned.
After staying up and playing with it past midnight Saturday on into Sunday morning I threw in the towel, exported the pages individually, pasted them together into LibreOffice Draw, and called it a night. I can do that this week if necessary. But I'd much rather get Scribus working the way I think it should. Any help?
(Legalities note: Artwork is either licensed from DepositPhotos, contributed by the denomination our church is a member of, or internally generated. All typefaces are open source and free for commercial usage.)
I had formal experience as a typesetter and layout man many moons ago before I began boiling water as a day job, so I knew what I wanted to do. Simple church bulletin, four page layout, each page 5.25" x 8", printed front and back on a letter-size sheet of premium quality bond paper, trim the edges for bleed, and fold to finished size. And I wanted to do it in Scribus.
The layout was beautiful (see attachments). But I could NOT get it to print full size, with the two sides aligned on the fold line! I tried exporting it to PDF, I tried printing directly, I tried playing with the bleed and margin setting...each time it came out about 75% the size of what I intended, with the two sides misaligned.
After staying up and playing with it past midnight Saturday on into Sunday morning I threw in the towel, exported the pages individually, pasted them together into LibreOffice Draw, and called it a night. I can do that this week if necessary. But I'd much rather get Scribus working the way I think it should. Any help?
(Legalities note: Artwork is either licensed from DepositPhotos, contributed by the denomination our church is a member of, or internally generated. All typefaces are open source and free for commercial usage.)