From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15787 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill McClain Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt output & commercial printing houses Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:21:39 -0500 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040724152139.36ca8b80@atipa.local> References: <20040724194138.GG18318@swordfish> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090700816 20478 80.91.224.253 (24 Jul 2004 20:26:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:26:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 24 22:26:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BoT6S-0000P6-00 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:26:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B81181276F; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:26:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21251-03; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:26:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376E712777; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:25:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2513A12777 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:24:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21283-01 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:24:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from chief.oneota.net (unknown [65.166.58.2]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BA131276F for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:24:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ppp35.oneota.net ([65.166.58.35] helo=atipa.local) by chief.oneota.net with esmtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BoSzQ-00058h-PS for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:19:29 -0500 Original-Received: from atipa.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by atipa.local (Postfix) with SMTP id 73D1F3F53A for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:21:39 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: <20040724194138.GG18318@swordfish> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-suse-linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15787 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15787 On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:38 -0600 Matt Gushee wrote: > I am planning to publish a book that is typeset using ConTeXt, and > very soon I am going to start contacting printers for estimates. Given > that a shop prints from PDF files, does it matter that the PDFs are > produced by ConTeXt? I've only dealt with one print shop (www.bookmobile.com) for my books, but have never had any problems with pdf files produced by Context->pdftex. You have to be somewhat self-sufficient, in that if you ask questions they'll tell you all about the right Pagemaker settings, etc. Obviously, you should have all fonts embedded. Different shops might have different requirements, but Bookmobile simply requires an exact image of the book, page size defined to be the paper size. Easy. This has all been for digital printing and perfect-bound paperbacks. I would like to know if an offset press generating folded and gathered signatures takes the same pdf input. And where to go for sewn hardcovers in small quantities and short run leatherbound books for "collector's editions." I haven't explored those issues yet but will do so eventually. -Bill -- Sattre Press Pagan Papers http://sattre-press.com/ by Kenneth Grahame info@sattre-press.com http://sattre-press.com/pp.html