Re: [Gimp-user] Issue when exporting to PDF

["Rick Strong" <rnstrong primus ca>]

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.

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