See my comments in-line with Louis'. He is exactly correct on the methods.
On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 14:09, Louis Desjardins wrote: > Hi Ruth, > > Bleed is a missing feature so far, at least for 1.1.6. I am not aware > if this was introduced within the last CVSs. Anyway, if you didn't > find the feature, let's assume you don't have it. > > When your job is going to be trimmed to its intended format, and if > your page contains elements that are printed to the edge, there could > be a very "noisy" white strip without bleed, between the edge of the > page and the edge of the image(s). These 3mm of extra image will help > your printer achieve a perfect result. Remember that making up a page > in Scribus is all a matter of exactitude thanks to the computer. > Handling paper on a cutter is a mechanical operation and although > machinery can be very precise, with the help of laser guides, there > is always a need for this 3mm bleed. No matter how skilled is the > operator and how fancy is his cutter. > > On top of that, I would suggest you wouldn't set any text (or > sensitive element) over a 3mm margin on the page itself. Unless you > know what you're doing ;-) This is called the "safe area". On some > presses, it could even be wider. > > 2 scenarios can occur. > > 1. Leave your document as is. The printer will not be able to add > bleed to it and will print the document as is. When finishing, he > will do without bleed and will cut a little inside the crop marks to > achieve a nice job. You can discuss that with your printer. It all > depends on the layout and on your will to have a slightly smaller > document. You can with a bit of work, fix this in PitStop Pro, which is a pre-flighting, fixing plug-in for Acrobat. Pit Stop can also add missing crop and registration marks to a PDF, as well as adjust the various "boxes" defined in a PDF file. There are 5. > > If you can't live with scenario 1, you will need to go to plan B. > 2. Make a longer and wider document in order to set it the way your > printer wants it, with bleed. I would suggest you precisely measure > the same amount of bleed all around your document because chances are > your printer will just center your pages in his imposition software. > You don't want your document off-centered. I am writing an example of how to do this in Scribus. It takes a few extra manual steps, but can be done reliably. > > By the way, bleed is an absolute need for Scribus to get in the > professional field. I am sure this feature will be implemented. It's > only a matter of time! > This is one of the high priorities to add to Scribus 1.3+ > hth ;-) > > Louis > > > Hi, > >i have a document which is being printed professionally, i'm about to > >generate > >a pdf file for the printers. > > > >the printers have asked me to set a 3mm bleed on the document. > > > >I understand this to be set so that the images etc, especially those that are > >intended to go right to edge of the page, will be extended by 3mm at the edge > >of the page so that the printers have this as a margin of error for paper > >placement (if that makes sense!!) > > > >i cannot see an option to do this, could someone help me please ? > > > >many thanks > > > >ruth Thanks to Louis for his clear explanation. Cheers, Peter
