[scribus] pdf file size and breeds

John Culleton John at wexfordpress.com
Mon Mar 16 21:03:29 UTC 2015


On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:35:58 +0100
Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se> wrote:

> Bleed is tha area outside the page edge where
> Scribus will crop content, however the PDF size
> may be larger to accomodate crop marks etc
> (they have to be outside the bleed area to
> prevent them from being covered by bleed
> content).
> 
> Good PDF tools will be aware of the different
> PDF boxes (trim, bleed, media etc) and a PDF
> "larger than necessary" won't be a problem.
> Unfortunately most free PDF tools don't handle
> the PDF boxes well.
> 
> /Peter
> 
Thanks for reply.

Well can you suggest one that will cover the
entire pdf?
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