[scribus] Printing to the border

[Gregory Pittman]

On 01/26/2010 11:49 AM, Marilyn A. Apfel, PhD wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Thank you for the quick response!!  If I understand you correctly, I 
> will be able to take my PDF file of the Scribus document to the 
> printer and they will print my brochure on a big piece of paper and 
> cut it to brochure size, right?  My brochure background is light 
> blue.  Should I use a blue colored text box that is larger than the 
> brochure to make sure that the color goes into the area being cut?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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> Quoting Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com>:
>> On 01/26/2010 08:44 AM, Marilyn Apfel wrote:
>> > Submitted on 01/26/2010
>> > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.6.26]
>> >
>> > Submitted values are:
>> >
>> >     Your contact information:
>> >       Name: Marilyn Apfel
>> >       Email Address: maapfel at xfda.com
>> >     About your Scribus program:
>> >       Version: 1.3.3.13
>> >       Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt
>> >       Build Date:
>> >     Your operating system and CPU:
>> >       Type: Windows
>> >       Version: Vista
>> >       CPU type: 64 bit - x86_64/amd64
>> >     Your request content:
>> >       Subject: Printing to the border
>> >       Message:
>> > I your help!  I plan to take my brochure file to a printer for 
>> printing. > When I print it on my printer, it does not print to the 
>> border.  How do I
>> > know that it will print to the border (is this called bleed?) when 
>> I take it
>> > to the printer?
>> >
>> If you think about it, not only in your local printer, but also in
>> commercial printers, printing to the absolute edge is messy and a waste
>> of ink.
>> Bleed has to do with creating a margin around your document, printing
>> beyond the final document's edge by not the edge of the stock, then
>> trimming the paper to your desired size.
>> Greg
>>
>
>
Well, maybe. We have these bleed tools available in Scribus as a script 
in 1.3.3.x and built-in with 1.3.5+, but if you ask your printer he may 
tell you that he can take care of bleed for you.

If he can, you need to send him a PDF where the image/graphic goes a bit 
past the edge of your document page (this will generate an error to 
ignore) so that the bleed comes out alright.

Greg