Printing books from a pdf
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Introduction
Print 20-50 photobooks from pdf.
150–200 gsm coated silk/matte paper.
Dimension, size
| Finished size | Format / character | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 210 × 210 mm | Square, compact | Very practical |
| 220 × 220 mm | Square | Excellent general-purpose size |
| 240 × 240 mm | Square, substantial | Excellent for a photographic book |
| 250 × 250 mm | Large square | Beautiful, but somewhat more expensive |
| 280 × 280 mm | Large square | Art-book feel; expensive and heavy |
| 200 × 250 mm | Portrait | Interesting alternative to A4 |
| 250 × 200 mm | Landscape | Excellent for photography |
| 270 × 210 mm | Landscape | Very good photographic format |
| 300 × 225 mm | Large landscape | More of an art-book format |
Companies
- Alfapress www.alfapress.ee
- Tallinn Book printers www.trt.ee
- Paar printing house www.paar.ee
- Abiprint www.abiprint.ee
Photobook and Scribus
Scribus 1.6.6. F2 and F3 are important keys. F4 gives the Style Manager. E toggles the movement between image and frame.
- https://github.com/RaffertyR/PhotoBookTools-for-Scribus?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://scribus-templates.blogspot.com/2018/12/photobook.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Scribus workflow and some terms
- Template: "My Photobook"
- 240×240 mm, styles, margins, master pages, TOC setup
- Master page: "Normal left page": Windows - Arrange pages
- page number + running header + standard margins
- Scrapbook: "Three-photo layout": Windows - Scrapbook. * Create, select and add to scrapbook. Item → Send to Scrapbook → Main
- three image frames arranged in an attractive composition
Frame around the photo. The frame is the shape and size that appears on your page. The photo is an independent object sitting inside that frame.
- resize the frame without changing the photograph
- scale the photograph without changing the frame
- move the photograph inside the frame
- crop the photograph by making the frame smaller
Scribus lines
- Blue line: generally the page boundary / page size.
- Red line: bleed boundary (the area extending beyond the finished page).
- Margin guides: usually another colour (often green), marking the safe/content area.
TOC https://github.com/aoloe/scribus-script-repository/tree/master/table_of_contents
- File → Document Setup → Table of Contents and Indexes
- Tell it to collect //Chapter Title//
- Associate the TOC with the text frame. F2 → XYZ
- Generate/ update: Extras → Generate Table of Contents
