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#51
Showcase / Re: Table with no visible line...
Last post by AdmFubar - April 13, 2026, 04:51:20 AM
ok found it again... however in 1.6, and 1.7.1 it still suffers from the 1 point line width issue. (the color (none) isnt applied if the the line width is 1 point)

Also, anyone notice something odd about this table in the attached image?


ScribusTables01.jpg

tables really need some love in scribus.. I'm sure the developers are working on the issue..
#52
Showcase / Re: Table with no visible line...
Last post by utnik - April 12, 2026, 11:45:24 PM
hi admfubar

Quote from: AdmFubar on April 12, 2026, 11:14:41 PM...in what version of scribus is this set of options available? i'm looking for this in 1.7.1 and dont see borders option.

i just checked. it's available under 'table properties' in scribus 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.

utnik
#53
Showcase / Re: Table with no visible line...
Last post by AdmFubar - April 12, 2026, 11:14:41 PM
Quote from: utnik on April 12, 2026, 07:59:04 PMhi denis

tables in scribus show still a bit strange things. but you can hide the lines in two steps:
  • select the table (with a single click), then go to 'table properties' (f3) → 'borders', select the 'solid line' and set the line color to 'none'. (this will hide the border on the left side and at he bottom of the table.)

  • double click in a cell, then select all the cells and go to 'table properties' → 'borders' again, this time changing the color of the 'solid line' will affect the rest of the lines.

utnik
first bullet point; in what version of scribus is this set of options available? i'm looking for this in 1.7.1 and dont see borders option.

second bullet; same question as above...
#54
General Discussion / Fun design examples
Last post by AdmFubar - April 12, 2026, 11:07:01 PM
#55
General Discussion / Re: Scribus on Linux - Problem...
Last post by clemens-se - April 12, 2026, 10:01:57 PM
Thank you for your reply. I am using the program TurboPrint in order to get colormanaged color reproduction on my printer. Actually I have got the message from them, that they will come out with release 3.0, which contains a "TurboPrint Composer".
This part of the software will collect PDF and images in a hotfolder, shows a print preview, allows all necessary corrections for quality settings, paper settings, cropping and much more and then print from there.
The developers have made similar experiences with printing menus in Linux and the interaction of the different print menus with TurboPrint and then with CUPS can bring up frustration. The "TurboPrint Composer" could solve all this by creating a standardized way of data processing from PDF and images to the printer including colormanagement and much more.

As this will solve my problem, I will not invest more time in investigating, how to print directly from Scribus.
#56
Showcase / Re: Table with no visible line...
Last post by utnik - April 12, 2026, 07:59:04 PM
hi denis

tables in scribus show still a bit strange things. but you can hide the lines in two steps:
  • select the table (with a single click), then go to 'table properties' (f3) → 'borders', select the 'solid line' and set the line color to 'none'. (this will hide the border on the left side and at he bottom of the table.)
  • double click in a cell, then select all the cells and go to 'table properties' → 'borders' again, this time changing the color of the 'solid line' will affect the rest of the lines.

utnik
#57
Showcase / Re: Table with no visible line...
Last post by AdmFubar - April 12, 2026, 07:22:38 PM
In 1.6.x there isnt a way to adjust the color of the lines between the table cells. Scribus 1.7.x has the ability to adjust them, currently not is a straight forward manner. 

The cell line visibility can be adjusted in 1.7.x via the line tool. Select the line tool and  open the properties window, look doe the line option drop down. and click the mask button. Then adjust the slider to make it transparent.

However, this seems to be a global setting and will make all your lines transparent. (at least I'm pretty sure it does.) This issue was noted and is being worked on, I believe there is an update for this. Not sure of it availability.

#58
Showcase / Table with no visible lines be...
Last post by Denis ROUQUIER - April 12, 2026, 06:57:43 PM
How can I have a table in Scribus, with no visible lines between columns and rows ?
(Scribus 1.6.5 on windows 11)
#59
General Discussion / Re: Scribus on Linux - Problem...
Last post by Nermander - April 12, 2026, 03:08:50 PM
It is usually recommended to export to PDF and print from that, since printing directly from Scribus is a lot more difficult.

As I understand it the reason is that for printing Scribus needs to "communicate" with the underlying printing system of the OS, and that works very differently depending on the printing system. So it is more difficult to program.
#60
General Discussion / Scribus on Linux - Problems wh...
Last post by clemens-se - April 12, 2026, 02:46:44 PM
I am an experienced user when working with the Adobe Creative Suite up to version CS6. I am using this on a Windows-7 VM. Now I wanted to make work easier and give Scribus a try.

Quickly I have created a small display and wanted to print it on my Canon Maxify GX4050. There were only some features, I missed in comparison to InDesign 6, concerning typography.

In order to get correct color reproduction, I am using the program TurboPrint in connection with ICC profiles, which I have created by myself.

Then the problems began, by trying to set up the print menu with all its features. At the end, I had to export my creation to PDF and print from another program.


First:
it seems, that I have to create a print preview before any print data will be transferred to output.


Second:
it seems, that I cannot place a DIN A5 design in the center of an DIN A4 page, in order to add color test strips to the DIN A5 design, which of course does need some additional place around. There is nor function for centering the print in a larger page.


Third:
TurboPrint is an additional printer driver which embeds in the CUPS printing system inclusive littleCMS. TurboPrint administers the different ICC profiles and ink setups by user defined names for the different paper/ink combinations. These can be chosen in the printing menu by selecting these names as a "special kind of paper". This works well in all programs on my Manjaro Linux with XFCE desktop. But not in Scribus!

In Scribus, the paper/profile combination names will appear in the drop down select box as Custom1004_3, Custom1005_3, Custom1007_3 etc. Should I guess which one will represent which profile/paper combination name???

Further there is a selection for the RGB working space. I would expect, to find sRGB, Adobe-RGB or ECI-RGB. But instead I can choose values from 1 to 6. Additionally I find the numbers 1008, 1009 and 1010. This is similar to the previous problem: Is ist a joke to let me guess???

Next one does concern all the settings, which are available for shadow correction, ink limit, intensity for the differnet colors etc. All these values are preset to a value of -50. And they can be varied by a drop down list between -50 and +50. This is very confusing because in the print menu of all other programs, the default value for all of these items is set to 100% and from that, it can be varied from -50% to +50%. – So what result should I assume, when I let the default setting remain at +50? Is this aquivalent to -50%? Then it would be wrong.

Is there an experienced user, who can answer these weired things?