Ow.. you answer was so great! Do you allow me to quote it in my college conclusion work? It calls "Penguins On Printing : The Dtp under Linux" and it is a seriou study about using Linux features for printing industry. O_o
Tks!!! Celso Junior Brazil > > Hi Stewart, > > Scribus currently does not handle trapping [chokes and spreads]. This > feature is not in the roadmap for the current development series but it > is included in the desideratas as "roadmap suggestions". Please refer to > the wiki for more details. At the same time please note that version > 1.3.4 has a nice addition in the color tab for overprint and knockout > which is an essential part of the trapping feature. > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Main_Page > > While the issue has a fair potential for discussion, and while the big > DTP players of this world do have trapping options built-in, trapping is > generally handled at pre-press level. Many printers prefer to handle > trapping at RIP level and will use in-rip trapping. Begin parenthesis: > It might be advisable to implement such a feature further downstream, > once the PDF is created, and not in the editing process, at the Scribus > level. But again, this paves the way to a nice discussion! End parenthesis. > > The reason for this is trapping is a specialized task for prepress techs > and unaware users can just do worse while being full of good will. > > A few things to consider in the case you are submitting : > 1. Is your job going to be printed on a digital press (where trapping is > a minor (or not an) issue) or on an offset sheetfed press? or even worse > wrt trapping on a web press? > 2. Is your job going to be printed in CMYK or as spot colors? > 3. How small are the objects you wish to trap? > etc. > > In any event, it would be a good idea to discuss the case with your > printer. For this, a color proof will be enough to help spot the > eventual problems. > > Hope that helps (HTH) > > Louis > > > >> Stewart >> > > >
