print-layout
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Print and multi-page layout on codeonym's Arch workstation with Scribus 1.6 (flyers, posters, brochures, business cards, CVs, magazines), plus Ghostscript and Poppler for PDF preflight, compression, CMYK conversion and proofs. Use when the user wants something printed or a print-quality PDF — bleed, crop marks, CMYK, PDF/X, paper sizes — or wants to check, shrink or proof a PDF before sending it to a printer or client.
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- codeonym-oss/design-skillsedited, first seen Oct 20, 2026
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Always run pdf-preflight.sh before sending, and ask the printer for their specs/ICC profile.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Print layout (Scribus · Ghostscript · Poppler)
Toolkit on this machine
| Tool | Use it for | Launch / CLI |
| Scribus 1.6 | Page layout with bleed, CMYK colors, master pages, PDF/X export | scribus · scripted scribus -g -ns -py script.py |
| Inkscape / GIMP | Make the artwork (vector / raster) that Scribus places | see graphic-design |
| Ghostscript | Compress PDFs, convert to CMYK | gs |
| Poppler | Inspect PDFs: boxes, fonts, image resolution, render proofs | pdfinfo, pdffonts, pdfimages, pdftoppm |
| hunspell-en_us | Spell-check in Scribus (Item → Check Spelling) | — |
Scripts
| Script | What it does |
check.sh | Verifies Scribus, Ghostscript, Poppler, spell-check, and whether a CMYK press profile is installed |
new-print-doc.sh <preset> <name> [--pages N] [--title T] [--font F] [--proof] | Builds a Scribus .sla with correct size, 3 mm bleed, margins, CMYK brand colors and placeholder frames; --proof also exports a PDF with crop marks. Presets: a4 a5 a3 letter business-card dl-flyer square-210 poster-50x70 |
pdf-preflight.sh <file.pdf> [--min-dpi 300] | Checks trim/bleed boxes, embedded fonts, image ppi, color spaces — exits non-zero on problems |
pdf-proof.sh <file.pdf> [dpi] | Renders pages to PNG + an overview sheet to review or send to a client |
pdf-compress.sh <in.pdf> [screen|ebook|printer|prepress] | Shrinks PDFs (ebook ≈ email-friendly) |
pdf-cmyk.sh <in.pdf> | Fallback conversion of all colors to CMYK |
Guide
references/print-workflow.md— from brief to printer: sizes, bleed, safe zone, color, images, fonts, Scribus export settings, and what to send the printer.
Rules of thumb
- Bleed 3 mm on every side, background elements extend to the bleed edge; keep text ≥ 5 mm inside the trim (the template's margins handle this).
- Images ≥ 300 ppi at their placed size; vector art (Inkscape PDF/SVG) for logos.
- Fonts embedded or outlined. Rich black (C60 M40 Y40 K100) for big dark areas, 100 % K only for small text.
- CMYK colors look duller than RGB — show the client a proof, don't promise screen-bright neon.
- Always run
pdf-preflight.shbefore sending, and ask the printer for their specs/ICC profile.
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