avox at arcor.de wrote: > Hi Louis! > > Faszinating stuff. I this already on Scribus Wiki? (As it should IMHO) > > /Andreas >
Not yet:) Agreed, this could be a nice introduction to a new Wiki howto on using registration marks in Scribus. A DTP newbie would probably need some additional information on WHAT registration marks are and WHY they are needed, along with a workaround for making them in Scribus. Anybody? http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Your_first_Scribus_Wiki_article cheers Maciej > > > Louis wrote: (the rest, sorry for topposting) > > >>Sorry for bothering you > > > Don't be sorry! This gives me the occasion to add some info on > registration marks and other press marks. :) > > The following may or may not apply to your specific project. > > Registration marks are not an absolute necessity at this stage of the > workflow. > > Registration marks are not needed when: > > 1. The document will be printed on a digital printer (ie. where the > operator has no control on the way the machine actually does the > registration, this all being done in the color engine itself). Unless > you need to control the actual preciseness of the machine. > > 2. The document will be electronically imposed and then printed on an > offset press. > > For #2, the printer will most likely use a dedicated imposition > software that will allow to place a variety of press marks, including > sophisticated color bars. All these will help not only register the > images from the various plates to combine a complete image out of the > press, but also help control other variables, such as ink density, > dot gain, etc. These color bars are often developped by the press > manufacturer itself. The color bars and the registration marks > generated by the DTP app at output is, in this case, of no use at all > and the imposition program will discard this information because it > is not needed on press. > > Registration marks however are important if you're going to print on > an offset press without any kind of imposition. That is, single page > document, printed one up. A large poster being a good example of > this. Even then, your printer will most likely want specific marks > and color bar the DTP app cannot provide and will use the imposition > program anyway. > > In the time where imposition was done manually or mechanically, all > these marks were of upmost importance: the eye of the technician or > the "eye" of the machine needed something to look after. Digital > imposition have changed that. > > If your printer still does imposition manually (many small shops > still do that), then yes, you need registration marks. Also, although > being very unlikely nowadays, you need those marks when making an > analog color proof by hand, without the help of punch holes. > > The printer is the better person to help you determine for sure what > is needed in terms of registration marks. > > Machen Sie aus 14 Cent spielend bis zu 100 Euro! > Die neue Gaming-Area von Arcor - ?ber 50 Onlinespiele im Angebot. > http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-gaming-1 > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
