On Tuesday 28 September 2010 10:01:09 Jim Ford wrote: > I've got several 2 page spread images, going right to the edges, > and the Printer wants 5mm bleed to ensure there's no white edges. > > I don't need bleed (do I?) at the binding edges of 2 page spreads, > so using Scribus 1.3.8, I set the top, bottom and outside bleeds to > 5mm and the inside to 0mm. > > If I then export to pdf and view, I find the top, bottom and > outside edges with bleed crop marks set OK, but at the centre, > where the binding would be, there are also bleed crop marks and the > centre edges have 5mm overlap each, rather than being 'seamless'. > > Is it me doing something wrong, or is it Scribus (less likely!)? > > I'd be glad for some help here, please. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
If the printer will accept the two page spread as his input then bleeds around that spread should be sufficient. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
