On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 05:45:01 +1200, Walter Logeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:> Walter Logeman, (thats me :-)
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:47, in [newbie] Publishing in Linux,
>
> wrote:
> > I have a brochure i need to produce and the printing place will
> > accept Publisher, Photoshop, or Pagemaker files.
> >
> > Is there a way of generating compatible files in some way - we
> > may need to pass the file back & forth in email.
>
> Its been a great discussion... thanks for the many useful ideas and
> contributions. I am still not sure where to start.
>
> LaTeX sounds great... but something to grow into, and i may. Does
> it layout graphics? Right now I's like to start with something
> less steep.
>
> Ian Clatworthy's sdf sounds useful to create the files - and pdf
> format sounds like it might have to be the way to go - proprietary
> though it is.
>
> Which leaves me wondering which ap to use. Kword (thanks
> Robin) seems a possibility, I have version 1.1 - crashed several
> times on me and seems not ready. However if someone reports that a
> brochure with images that bleed out to the edge can be produced in
> a file the commercial printer can use I'll persevere. I get the
> sense that no word processor would be up to it. The brochure i
> have is in Word now but that is really not right, though useful to
> as an initial step in getting the wording and pix right.
>
> As a matter of interest the brochure will be the main flyer for
> http://www.lyfordtreks.co.nz so you can get an idea of what might
> be needed.
>
> ~
>
> Steve wrote:
> > I hope it changes as the high end multimedia people have adopted
> > Linux, now Alias Wavefront Maya is available for Linux.
>
> What are these things?
>
> ~
>
> I am still looking for a simple publishing ap that will allow me to
> layout a document... what is available?
>
>
> Walter
Just about any app can 'print' to a Postscript file, since GNU/Linux's printing
system is based around Postscript. That means you're free to use apps like TEX,
StarOffice/OpenOffice.org, Abiword and Kword. After you've made the Postscript
file, you can use ps2pdf or ps2pdf13 (part of the ghostscript package) to
convert it to PDF.
The GIMP can read and write a large variety of formats. Try to see if the
printing place will accept one of these formats. Some printers may accept
formats like PNG, TIFF and TGA.
My apologies if this has already been mentioned in this thread.
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