[scribus] Booklet printing (was: Imposition)

[Frank Busse]

Can we vote on that?

No, we can't.

As far as I have followed this list, the only "fairly frequent request" about imposition (including my own) is printing a booklet, i.e. re-arranging and 2-up printing. Are any further "imposition" tasks of interest here? (Leporello printing might be interesting, too.)

"Imposition" for those who are concerned with professional printing is a much larger task, dealing with arranging pages and several "printing aids" on large sheets for creating books. We can (and should) concentrate upon a very small part - and thus not talk about "imposition", but about "booklet printing".

"Booklet printing" appears to bear only one frequent problem that cannot be solved within Scribus/acroread, by now: printing neighbouring pages in direct contact. For n-up printing, acroread always sets "borders" around the pages. Thus, the (assumed frequent) combination of Scribus/acroread is not usable for "booklet printing" with neighbouring pages that need to be in contact (or to have a user-defined space between them).

I assume that including "booklet printing" (i.e. re-arranging pages and 2-up printing with user-definable space) to PDF would solve the majority of requests about "imposition in Scribus" in this list.

Frank

[Frank Busse]

How many printers ask for already imposed files?

Peter:

No, I don't know the exact number - but the professional printer producing
our 8-16 paged A5 folders in fact asks for 2-up PDF input. Leaving the
re-arranging and 2-up combining to him would result in a considerably
higher price for the folders. (And bleeds would still be a problem.)

That's why I have spent time in configuring Scribus/jPDF Tweak (see
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Imposition_tools#Multiplatform).

I assume (no, sorry: I'm no programmer) that it would not be much effort
to include this work into Scribus: The workflow is known as well as the
routines to be used for it.

[Peter Nermander]

Post by Frank Busse
No, I don't know the exact number - but the professional printer producing
our 8-16 paged A5 folders in fact asks for 2-up PDF input. Leaving the

I'd say that is a very rare situation (and that printer is not very
professional:-).

One reason for that is that the imposition for such a folder would
have to be adjusted for creep. Creep depends on paper thickness.

I would never want to do the imposition without being able to proof
the print and adjust the imposition if needed. That's why I only
impose things I want to print myself.

/Peter