[Scribus] Printing Scribus at Kinko's

[Gregory Pittman]

Craig Bradney wrote:

>On Friday 06 May 2005 13:24, wayne wrote:
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>>On Friday 06 May 2005 01:13 am, Craig Bradney wrote:
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>>>On Friday 06 May 2005 13:09, wayne wrote:
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>>>>On Friday 06 May 2005 01:05 am, Louis Desjardins wrote:
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>>>>>>What's the best way to print out a Scribus document at Kinko's copy
>>>>>>center? They're strictly a Windows/Mac shop but I need to use their
>>>>>>b&w laser printer, which is capable of printing 11" x 17" sheets.
>>>>>>What software and what format (eps? pdf?) should I use for best
>>>>>>results?
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>>>>>Hi Wayne,
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>>>>>Any shop capable of handling PDFs can handle PDF created with
>>>>>Scribus.
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>>>>>Scribus PDF works perfectly. I haven't had *any* single issue on
>>>>>Xerox Docucolors (various models). Make sure to *embed all fonts*.
>>>>>Proofing the resulting PDF must be part of your workflow as well.
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>>>>>At early stages of document layout, you must know on which printer
>>>>>this is going to be printed and keep reasonable margins.
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>>>>What (Windows/Mac) software would I use to get the best result?
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>>>Not sure I'm reading this correctly...................
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>>>Craig
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>>I take my Scribus file (11"x17" size document saved on a CD) into Kinko's
>>copy center. They have a section of self serve computers (both Windows and
>>Mac) that you can rent time on. I want to print out my Scribus document on
>>their B&W laser printer because it can print out 11" x 17" size prints. I
>>have my document in pdf format with the fonts embedded. Which software
>>would I use to accomplish this printing?
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>>This is a self serve shop and they don't have Scribus installed on any of
>>their computers. They do have Photoshop, Corel, Pagemaker, Acrobat, and
>>several other Windows/Mac titles.
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>I would take 2 copies. One with fonts fully embedded, and one with them 
>subset/outlined just in case something goes funny with fonts if you had to 
>import the PDF into PS on a Mac for example, and use Acrobat to print from. 
>You should not really have a problem.
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It may not be important for what you're doing, but the default settings 
of Acrobat Reader (now Adobe Reader) will shrink your output even when 
it doesn't seem necessary.

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