From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15786 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Gushee Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: ConTeXt output & commercial printing houses Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:38 -0600 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040724194138.GG18318@swordfish> Reply-To: Matt Gushee , mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090698116 15830 80.91.224.253 (24 Jul 2004 19:41:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jul 24 21:41:45 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 1BoSOu-00072n-00 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 872461277C; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:44 +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 20929-05; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E023F12772; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5B412772 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:40 +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 21019-03 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mz3.forethought.net (unknown [216.241.36.14]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E7C21276F for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:41:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=swordfish) by mz3.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BoSOp-0006eZ-2i for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:39 -0600 Original-Received: from matt by swordfish with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BoSOo-0005BW-00 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:38 -0600 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i 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:15786 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15786 Hello, all-- 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 never worked with regular printers, but I have taken PDF files produced by TeX or ConTeXt several times to Kinko's [for the non-US readers: Kinko's is a shop found all over North America--originally they were just a photocopy shop, but now they offer a wide range of services, including computer rental, design consulting, low-end POD printing ... they do good work within their limits, but their staff are really only knowledgeable about mainstream commercial DTP software--the notion of TeX is totally beyond them]. I have found that they can produce good results, but it seems they have to adjust some settings in their system and make several attempts before the job comes out right. Are problems likely to arise with normal printers? If so, can anyone suggest questions I should ask to help determine whether they can handle my files? Also, is there anything in particular I should do to my files to make sure they are print-ready? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)