From: Siep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>
Subject: Re: ConTeXt output & commercial printing houses
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:25:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040724202504.GA9909@muisje> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040724152139.36ca8b80@atipa.local>
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 03:21:39PM -0500, Bill McClain wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:38 -0600
> Matt Gushee <mgushee@havenrock.com> 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?
>
> 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
The printshops that I dealt with were capable of imposing normally
paginated pdfs into signatures for offset printing. I've never done
imposition myself.
--
Siep Kroonenberg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-24 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-24 19:41 Matt Gushee
2004-07-24 20:21 ` Bill McClain
2004-07-24 20:25 ` Siep Kroonenberg [this message]
2004-07-25 9:57 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2004-07-25 10:01 ` Mats Broberg
2004-07-25 11:58 ` Adam Lindsay
2004-07-25 12:03 ` Mats Broberg
2004-07-27 6:15 ` ConTeXt output & commercial printing houses: Thanks! Matt Gushee
2004-07-27 6:33 ` Brooks Moses
2004-07-27 9:27 ` Siep Kroonenberg
2004-07-27 11:53 ` George N. White III
2004-07-27 15:28 ` Downsampling images in pdfTeX Mats Broberg
2004-07-27 17:47 ` George N. White III
2004-07-27 19:36 ` Vit Zyka
2004-07-28 15:54 ` Peter Münster
2004-07-27 7:36 ` ConTeXt output & commercial printing houses: Thanks! Tobias Hilbricht
2004-07-27 11:47 ` Bill McClain
2004-07-27 15:51 ` Mats Broberg
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