I have put a sample interior file for 6x9-inch print copies in the Community Resources section on NextCloud, so you can see what it looks like. - Jean https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/gkcwt2pyybTReCD
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 12:06 AM Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > > Hello Jean > > Em 24/05/2022 21:50, Jean Weber escreveu: > > Hello Olivier and Docs Team, > > > > I have started writing up my process for creating printed books > > through Lulu. Some steps may need to be modified if Olivier or someone > > else takes this over who does not use a Mac. I will explain. > > > > I do the printed books in a 6x9-inch size, not the full A4 of the > > PDFs. This is to save printing costs and thus the cost to purchasers. > > Lulu requires a book file (PDF) to be provided in the selected page > > size, so I have to create a suitable file. It is quick and easy to do > > on a Mac: I use the Mac's built-in Preview app to "print" the original > > A4 PDF to a PDF with a 6x9-inch page size. I do not know what the > > equivalent method may be on Windows or Linux. I may have asked this > > question here before, but I do not recall the answer (if any). > > If I get it right, the A4 page is shrunk into a 6x9in, right? It is > *not* the same as rezising the page styles to 6x9in page (where text > will reflow and total pages will increase accordingly). > > My maths says the book is ~75% the size of the current A4 document, same > number of pages. > > I'll test this operation in Linux (I think it is feasible) > > > > > Of course, someone else could avoid that step and produce the books > > full-size (A4) and purchasers would have to pay the extra printing > > cost (probably double) and postage cost. Thoughts? > > I admit I have not purchased one of Lulu prints, but I guess font size > and image quality won't suffer. > > > > > (There are some other issues to consider, which are unrelated to the > > page size. I will mention them in separate notes.) > > A wiki page on the topic, with do's and don'ts is my suggestion. > > Regards > Olivier > > > > > Jean > > > > -- > Olivier Hallot > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 > LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org > Respects your privacy, and gives you back control over your data > http://tdf.io/joinus -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
