hi all,
I have to setup a weekly newspapers workflow and have chosen scribus for the layout. My question is: Do I need preflight tools? We have been looking at o.r.i.s. (full suite) but its rather expensive. A few things that is nice is the page paring the dotgain handeling and the checking of incoming pdfs (ads). Are there good cheaper options? How nice would I have to ask to get page pairing added to scribus? (Can it be done in a script? Export each page as pdf and import on doublesized page?) Can scribus evaluate a pdf for embedded fonts, resolution and stuf like that? Can scribus compensate for dotgain (does it matter for text)? can gimp? Any advice for a workflow system (opensource or other)? Thanks, Kobus P.S. For the price they want to charge me I can employ two programmers to work on the problem!!
