[scribus] Printing parts of a larger document on A4

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Tue Jul 9 11:30:33 UTC 2013


On 07/09/2013 07:07 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 09.07.2013 03:22, schrieb Gregory Pittman:
>> On 07/08/2013 04:48 PM, Flem wrote:
>>> 08/07/2013 22:05, Rolf wrote :
>>>> do you mean "open a new 3-fold document" in Scribus? This
>>>> would mean having two pages with another size than the third
>>>> page: due to the third page being wrapped into the other
>>>> two, it must be slightly more narrow, and so would the one
>>>> printed on its back.
>>> If you run Scribus, you get into a dialog box named "New
>>> Document".
>>> In that dialog, the third choice in the area called
>>> "Document Layout" is "3-Fold".
>>>
>>> As you can see on its icon, the third page is not wrapped
>>> into the other two: it is what we call in France a "pli
>>> accordéon" ("accordion fold" if you translate it straight).
>>> In that kind of folding, the 3 folds are of the exact same size.
>>> So this is exactly what you need, doesn't it?
>>>
>>>
>>>> This would include having 6 single pages and 4 with
>>>> different sizes in one document. Is this possible in
>>>> Scribus, and would it make sense? Do the pros practice it
>>>> like this?
>>> Depends on the type of fold...  :)
>>> It's true for what we call here a "portfolio fold". Sorry
>>> for I don't know the exact translation in English.
>>>
>> The thing to keep in mind is that the 3-fold is just a display option in
>> Scribus, so that you can see the 3 pages side by side. So 3-fold A4 will
>> be 3 A4 pages side by side. When you print out a 3-fold document, it
>> will still print as individual A4 pages.
>>
>> Greg
> 
> 
> According to my printing service, the pages and sizes have to be
> 
> page 5, 6, 1: 208, 210, 210
> page 2, 3, 4: 210, 210, 208
> 
> mm wide
> 

I would think that, with a proper printing service, you could make them
all 210, and have the printer trim as needed. You just have to make room
for the trimmed area in your layout.

Greg




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