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Scribus => PDF Generation => Topic started by: O_o on November 10, 2022, 08:16:39 AM

Title: 4mm added when generating PDF
Post by: O_o on November 10, 2022, 08:16:39 AM
Hi there,

I encounter problems when generating my document in PDF, the result shows me a PDF with 4mm more!

my document is 210mmx148mm plus 5mm bleed per side.
Here is what I have at the "prepress" level:
I only checked "cut lines".
My PDF should total:
220mmx168mm, but the PDF makes it 224mmx172mm :(

I looked everywhere and don't understand where these extra 4mm come from.

Without crop lines, the document is 210x148.

Thank you for your answers and have a nice day!
Title: Re: 4mm added when generating PDF
Post by: mnawij on November 11, 2022, 01:29:35 AM
Hello,

Just a guess, when you add crop marks, there is an option to offset these marks from the edge of the document to make it easier to cut the pages correctly. I would check this first. By adding this offset it would make the pdf page larger but the artwork would remain the same size.

Cheers!

mnawij
Title: Re: Resolving size in PDF generation
Post by: O_o on November 11, 2022, 09:36:04 AM
Hello,

Thank you for your reply, but The gap of the crop is allready at 0mmm  ???

the screenshot is in french, but I guess that you have the same in your language :)

(https://i.postimg.cc/0Mnf1DTc/asuppr.png)

Thanks for the reply !

regards,

--------- edit :

OH my gooooooooooooooood !!!

Just found the problem !!

The lehgth of the crop is 7mm, my bleed is 5mm. 7-5=2 2x2=4 mm

I've put the length at 5mm.

Problem solved ...

Thanks mnawij !  :)
Title: Re: 4mm added when generating PDF
Post by: Nermander on November 11, 2022, 07:30:34 PM
Yes, the bleed only controls how far outside the page edge the content goes, the crop marks will usually extend outside the bleed area (if they are large enough)