[scribus] How to print in different sizes

[Mike Wright]

Hi Martin, 
I hope your question was answered already - I just wanted to give a general possible tip.
In my experience, it's always easier to downscale esp. with graphics so I prepare my biggest format doc first, if my computer allows, and then downscale rather than upscale it.
mike

On November 13, 2019 2:52:25 AM GMT+01:00, Owen <owen.cook at gmx.com> wrote:
>Hi Martin,
>
>
>Have you tried exporting your original as an svg and then re-import
>into your larger canvas.
>
>Also you should be able to import the pdf and scale it up as well.
>
>Any images will probably have a reduced dpi.
>
>
>
>
>Owen
>
>> 
>> We made a calendar poster in size A3 and had 2500 copies digitally
>> printed on card-stock. Fine.
>> 
>> 
>> Now I want to print a few copies of this calendar in size A0 on such
>> huge plastic-sheets for outdoor advertising and for reading with
>groups
>> of people. (No worries, our photos are good enough to be enlarged
>this
>> far, because we have allowed for that.)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The digital print-shop for those plastic sheets is in Africa and I am
>> now on another continent for a few more months. I have used this
>> print-shop a few times and we like their output. But I have reason
>not
>> to trust their internal communications.
>> 
>> So in short, I could just order with a copy of our A3 PDF/X4 files
>and
>> request "please enlarge to A0" but this request will either be lost
>> between sales and production or they might use a sheet of A0 material
>> and print our A3 calendar in one corner or whatever.
>> 
>> What I need is an efficient way inside Scribus to prepare a document
>(a
>> master) and then create different PDF/X4 exports for different
>purposes
>> (like main-product in A3 poster-size, mini-copies for example A5 for
>> publicity-flyers, huge-copies for example A0 for
>outdoor-advertising).
>> 
>> When I have sent full-size A0 PDF/X4 to this print-shop in the past,
>> then I always got what I needed; I believe this is what they
>requested
>> some years ago when I went myself to place our first order.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I do not even know whether the best solution is to create several
>> different-size "master" documents in Scribus or whether I can find
>tools
>> to use the main PDF export in A3 and create upscaled and downscaled
>copies.
>> 
>> I have asked a similar question a few days ago on
>> graphicdesign.stackexchange.com but have not received any answers at
>> all. So if you want to earn points, feel free to answer there too.
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
>> 
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