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#1
Layout Issues / Page layout bug? or not?
Last post by Sue Millard - Today at 04:27:44 PMI produce an 88 to 100-page magazine twice a year for an animal charity and it is printed from PDF by a commercial printer.
The layout is an A5 booklet. I have set it up using Scribus since 2013.
I upgraded last year to Scribus 1.6.5 Flatpak and I have had real difficulty getting the margins to transfer correctly to the print proof PDF. I intended the inner and outer margins both to be 7mm (very similar to the program's Magazine preset layout). However, when sent to print they became inner 6mm and outside 8mm - and the crop marks "jump" left or right between facing pages.
The only way I've managed to stabilise the crop mark position for the printers is to assume that the "inner" and "outer" text boxes are actually the opposite way round in Master Page Properties and Document Setup.
Ie - in Document setup I have had to set the margins as Inside 6mm and Outside 8mm; and in Master Page Properties I have to set Inside 8mm and Outside 6mm. The result was equal margins as intended and stable crop marks. Phew!
Has anyone else documented this, and is it still a problem in more recent versions?
I have written my own instruction sheet for the next issue...
The layout is an A5 booklet. I have set it up using Scribus since 2013.
I upgraded last year to Scribus 1.6.5 Flatpak and I have had real difficulty getting the margins to transfer correctly to the print proof PDF. I intended the inner and outer margins both to be 7mm (very similar to the program's Magazine preset layout). However, when sent to print they became inner 6mm and outside 8mm - and the crop marks "jump" left or right between facing pages.
The only way I've managed to stabilise the crop mark position for the printers is to assume that the "inner" and "outer" text boxes are actually the opposite way round in Master Page Properties and Document Setup.
Ie - in Document setup I have had to set the margins as Inside 6mm and Outside 8mm; and in Master Page Properties I have to set Inside 8mm and Outside 6mm. The result was equal margins as intended and stable crop marks. Phew!
Has anyone else documented this, and is it still a problem in more recent versions?
I have written my own instruction sheet for the next issue...
#2
General Discussion / Re: End of M$ publisher...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 10, 2026, 12:34:45 AMNot sure where you are going with this.i dont follow what the issue is. It is irrelevant if it is a complete "rewrite". and one can just have the "ai" keep the previous version and add code from there. It can prolly add them ad modules/plugin. I wouldn't be surprised if that is how adobe does it.
#3
General Discussion / Re: End of M$ publisher...
Last post by Nermander - October 09, 2026, 09:09:24 PMThe issue with AI-created clones I think is future development. Instead of incrementally adding features, each version will probably be a complete rewrite.
#4
General Discussion / Re: End of M$ publisher...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 08, 2026, 11:43:34 PM #5
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Aleks100 - October 07, 2026, 08:10:49 AM...and why embed fonts into a PDF instead of just converting all the text to curves?
#6
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 07, 2026, 05:22:33 AMThis .sla seems a bit wacky! 
I cant get it to print from a PDF.
Many questions for you but the most pressing is; where did you get "cdman sym font medium" from?
I cant get it to print from a PDF. Many questions for you but the most pressing is; where did you get "cdman sym font medium" from?
#7
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Yosua - October 07, 2026, 12:30:06 AM.sla file attached. Thank you.
#8
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 07, 2026, 12:06:21 AMattach a .sla that has this issue. gotta see if this can be reproduced.
#9
Beginner Talk / Re: bad quality prints [white ...
Last post by Yosua - October 06, 2026, 05:31:40 PMHi,
I am using Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.9457]
I am printing with Novapdf, but exporting to pdf from Scribus and printing the pdf with Acrobat Reader does the same problem.
PDF made from other programs print well, I have no problem of printing other pdf files.
Also EPS files exported from Scribus then open and printed with other program (Libreoffice) and SVG files also print badly with the same problem of dotted text.
I am using Windows 11 [Version 10.0.26200.9457]
I am printing with Novapdf, but exporting to pdf from Scribus and printing the pdf with Acrobat Reader does the same problem.
PDF made from other programs print well, I have no problem of printing other pdf files.
Also EPS files exported from Scribus then open and printed with other program (Libreoffice) and SVG files also print badly with the same problem of dotted text.
#10
PDF Generation / Re: Cover page issues with Dri...
Last post by Aleks100 - October 03, 2026, 11:24:20 AMHave you tried to use millimeters instead of inches?