I agree with Rich2005. Scribus is good...and free!
I have just finished using Scribus for a full-bleed poster and promo cards,
plus a text-heavy handout. When I export to PDF, I rotate the file on export
180 dgrees to get the resultant PDF right way up on my screen (don't ask me
why, it just works that way). It's easy to add crop and registration marks.
Using Styles for all text is really the way to go. Just wish I could easily
convert manually formatted text into a style without having to recopy the
para/char specs.
Bit of a learning curve, but so has everything else. The more I use it, the
faster I get.
Rick S.
-----Original Message-----
From: rich2005
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 3:04 AM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Cc: notifications@gimpusers.com
Subject: [Gimp-user] Issue when exporting to PDF
Hello,
When exporting my docment to PDF it adds a tiny white line down each
side, like the page isn't big enough. This doesn't happen when
exporting to JPEG, PNG and others.
Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening? I am looking to get
a poster printed & they've confirmed the best format for them is PDF.
Thanks
Matt
You really need to give more details, OS, the Gimp version + details of
image,
size in pixels, number of layers, width of the 'white lines' in pixels, as
much as possible.
There have been similar reports over the years, I remember one that was just
caused by using A4 size and an odd ppi.
More usually transparent layers are to blame, so check that there are no
un-noticed transparent borders.
However, A PDF going to a commercial printer.
There should be a bleed area, typically 5 mm around the edges. - Ask the
printer
Does the PDF need to be in CMYK and using a specific 'icc' profile - Ask the
printer
Truthfully, Gimp is not the best tool for this, First choice would be the
free
desktop publishing application Scribus.
Make your bitmaps in Gimp, any vector (svg) graphics in Inkscape, Import
those
and add text in Scribus. Plenty Scribus tutorials around.
rich2005 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)
