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#1
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by Nermander - December 03, 2024, 08:47:37 PMIf you are using bleed, not all PDF viewers handle this properly.
When you generate a PDF from Scribus, the bleed ends up outside the Trimbox defined in the PDF (the Trimbox will be set to the page size) and many PDF viewers ignore everything outside the Trimbox.
The normal recommendation is to "test" your PDF with Adobe Reader (but that is difficult if you do not have access to a Windows PC).
When you generate a PDF from Scribus, the bleed ends up outside the Trimbox defined in the PDF (the Trimbox will be set to the page size) and many PDF viewers ignore everything outside the Trimbox.
The normal recommendation is to "test" your PDF with Adobe Reader (but that is difficult if you do not have access to a Windows PC).
#2
Features / Re: Feature Request: Font Fold...
Last post by utnik - December 03, 2024, 05:04:36 PMhi ehbowen
you're right. if you don't us a system wide font manager, scribus needs a bit too many clicks to disable the fonts you don't use. but once reduced to the most used fonts in scribus general settings, you may reduce the list (and apply supplementary fonts just project wise where needed...)
as you linked to the old forum post, i guess you saw my post there...
but as many ui changes are underway at the moment, it might be worth checking the old feature requests and revitalize the most promising of them.
utnik
you're right. if you don't us a system wide font manager, scribus needs a bit too many clicks to disable the fonts you don't use. but once reduced to the most used fonts in scribus general settings, you may reduce the list (and apply supplementary fonts just project wise where needed...)
as you linked to the old forum post, i guess you saw my post there...
but as many ui changes are underway at the moment, it might be worth checking the old feature requests and revitalize the most promising of them.
utnik
#3
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by utnik - December 03, 2024, 04:46:19 PMhi ehbowen
i use 'acrobat reader' and 'foxit reader'. both of them support booklet printing. but there is a small .pdf handler called 'jpdftweak'. it looks a bit old fashioned, but it does booklet reordering and many other things. if neither your .pdf reader nor your printer driver does the trick, you might give it a try.
utnik
Quote from: ehbowen on December 03, 2024, 03:31:20 PMPossibly I'm confused as to how Scribus handles bleeds. Is there documentation on that?the screenshot in post #5 shows that you generated your .pdf without the bleeds. ('pre-press' tab in the .pdf export window...)
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?
Quote...I couldn't find an option to format it for output as a booklet, either within Scribus or in the printer settings itself.as i said before, i don't know okular. maybe it has no 'booklet' function.
i use 'acrobat reader' and 'foxit reader'. both of them support booklet printing. but there is a small .pdf handler called 'jpdftweak'. it looks a bit old fashioned, but it does booklet reordering and many other things. if neither your .pdf reader nor your printer driver does the trick, you might give it a try.
utnik
#4
Features / Feature Request: Font Folders
Last post by ehbowen - December 03, 2024, 04:09:30 PMOne thing which I dislike about Scribus is its font management, and especially having to scroll through hundreds if not thousands of fonts and font families in order to select the handful which I want to work with in a given document.
This is apparently a long-standing request, but I'm still having to scroll through a list of every font installed on my machine, including hundreds which I never asked for, to find the one I want.
What I'd prefer is to be able to specify a "project fonts" working folder specific to that project and which could be duplicated for other, similar projects with the same subject matter or for the same organization. As an alternative, perhaps you could implement a design feature of Word, where fonts already in use within an active document appear at the top of the font requester?
Thank you.
This is apparently a long-standing request, but I'm still having to scroll through a list of every font installed on my machine, including hundreds which I never asked for, to find the one I want.
What I'd prefer is to be able to specify a "project fonts" working folder specific to that project and which could be duplicated for other, similar projects with the same subject matter or for the same organization. As an alternative, perhaps you could implement a design feature of Word, where fonts already in use within an active document appear at the top of the font requester?
Thank you.
#5
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - December 03, 2024, 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.
#6
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Image loading using script...
Last post by utnik - December 03, 2024, 02:59:11 PMcan't see the attached files:
utnik
utnik
#7
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by utnik - December 03, 2024, 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
#8
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by ehbowen - December 03, 2024, 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.
#9
Scripts and Plugins / Image loading using script not...
Last post by shab.t786 - December 03, 2024, 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)
#10
Installation and Setup / Re: Why Can't I Print Full Siz...
Last post by utnik - December 03, 2024, 10:40:11 AMQuote from: ehbowen on December 03, 2024, 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