[scribus] How to print guides, empty image frames and other internal indications ?

[Gregory Pittman]

On 09/01/2011 05:02 AM, a.l.e wrote:
> salut frédéric
>
>
>> I am currently designing a page layout with Scribus, having to decide
>> how to arrange my elements, etc.
>>
>> I'd like to print the page as I see it within Scribus (so that I can
>> print it in A3, discuss and annotate it), that is, including the
>> guides and the frames (even though they may be empty for now).
>>
>> I did not find any way of doing this; did I just miss it or is it
>> difficult/impossible ?
>
> ... this is a typical task for a script :-)
>
> the script below will add a layer and draw on it a rectangle with
> the page margins and vertical / horizontal lines for the guides...
>
>
The empty image frames might be a bit trickier. You could always create 
a dummy image that says "image missing" inside it to import to empty 
frames. It might be simpler to just give those empty frames a border 
and/or fill color to mark off the space they take up.

Greg