[scribus] Local printing

[John Ghormley KJ4UFG]

I really envy those of you who are in the print business.  I'm not.  In
fact, I am a volunteer editor for a amateur radio magazine and send my
output to the printer in pdf format.  However, proofing with a printed copy
would be beneficial to me though not necessarily to everyone.  I am a bit
surprised that there is no option to print to other than a Postscript output
format.  Of course, I can export to pdf and print and have done that, but
the added steps would be nice to loose.

John  KJ4UFG
Walkertown, NC  USA



On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 09 November 2010 14:36:30 a.l.e wrote:
> > hi john,
> >
> > > I'm new to Scribus just having sent my first 56 page + cover
> > > magazine to the printer.  What I had intended to do was to print
> > > a proof copy to my local printer which is an Epson Workforce 500.
> > >  What I observed was that Scribus seemed to want to print in
> > > postscript format and my printer will not handle that.  I
> > > understand the value of a postscript printer, so should I invest
> > > in such a printer or can the system be made to print to my
> > > existing inkjet printer?  If I should invest in a postscript
> > > printer, what are reasonable options for printers?  I have a
> > > limited budget and have to pay for this thing out of my own
> > > pocket.  BTW, my OS is Ubuntu 10.04.
> >
> > you should probably produce PDFs and print from a PDF viewer...
> > probably Acroread.
> >
> > have fun
> > a.l.e
>
> Agreed. Never have tried the Scribus print facility. Don't need it.
>
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