I Need More Help! At the time of this revision (), Scribus version now supports export to PDF/X-1a, which is the format most professional printing services require. How to Export Your Print-Ready PDF Cover 8. How to Create Your Softcover or Hardcover File in Scribus 7. Export Your Scribus File as a Color Print-Ready PDF Interior 6.
How to Format a Color Book Interior for Press With Scribus 5. Export Your Scribus File as a B&W Print-Ready PDF Interior 4. How to Format a Black-and-White (B&W) Book Interior for Press With Scribus 3. This Tutorial is Broken up into Sections: 1.
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How Do I Get This Software? How to Prepare a Book for Press With Scribus Scribus is available for free at Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/eComStation, and Windows desktops. Books going into the print program need two PDF files, the cover file and the interior (or book block) file. If you are using a different version of the software some of the instructions and screenshots will be slightly different, but hopefully you can find the right feature in your software version. The screenshots shown in the tutorial use Scribus rc2 for MAC for the B&W shots and PC for the Color. If you want to prepare a book in both color formats, you must prepare two different color cover files.
Be sure to get the specific Standard or Premium Color cover template from the Lightning Source website (premium color paper stock is thicker, thus the spine of the book is wider). Whether you are preparing files for standard color or premium color, the preparation is nearly identical. Books can be prepped for Blackand-White, Standard Color and Premium color. 1 This tutorial will offer you some advice on how to use Scribus to create print-ready files for our print program.