print-layout
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Print and multi-page layout with Scribus 1.6 (flyers, posters, brochures, business cards, CVs, magazines), plus Ghostscript and Poppler for PDF preflight, compression, CMYK conversion and proofs — headless in a reproducible container that ships FOGRA/ISO Coated press profiles. 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.
1 other project uses a version of this, 1 of them edited.
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- codeonym-org/codeonym-arch-designedited, first seen Sep 25, 2026
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- codeonym-org/codeonym-arch-design★ 053% same
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In this repository11 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- 3d-modelingSkill
- design-doctorSkill
- design-sandboxSkill
- graphic-designSkill
- illustrationSkill
- photo-editingSkill
- screen-recordingSkill
- typographySkill
- ui-designSkill
- video-editingSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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- Very specific: line 43
Always run pdf-preflight.sh before sending, and ask the printer for their specs and 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)
Scripts run inside the design-skills container automatically (bash <skill-dir>/scripts/<name>.sh …, see
design-sandbox). new-print-doc.sh needs the full image (Scribus, run under a virtual display); the PDF tools run in core.
Toolkit
| Tool | Use it for | CLI (in the container) |
| Scribus 1.6 (full image) | Page layout with bleed, CMYK colors, master pages, PDF/X export | desktop app · scripted via new-print-doc.sh |
| Inkscape / GIMP | Artwork (vector / raster) that Scribus places | graphic-design skill |
| Ghostscript 10 | Compress PDFs, convert to CMYK | gs |
| Poppler | Inspect PDFs: boxes, fonts, image resolution; render proofs | pdfinfo -box, pdffonts, pdfimages -list, pdftoppm |
| ICC profiles | FOGRA27/29/39/…, ISO Coated v2 (colord / icc-profiles-free) | /usr/share/color/icc in the image; your printer's own in ./icc |
Scripts
| Script | What it does |
check.sh | Verifies Scribus, Ghostscript, Poppler, and that a CMYK press profile is available |
new-print-doc.sh <preset> <name> [--pages N] [--title T] [--font F] [--brand '#hex'] [--proof] | Scribus .sla with the right size, bleed, margins, CMYK brand color and placeholder frames; --proof 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] | Trim/bleed boxes, embedded fonts, image ppi, color spaces — exits non-zero on problems |
pdf-proof.sh <file.pdf> [dpi] | Pages to PNG + one 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 |
scribus_new_doc.py | The Scribus Python script new-print-doc.sh drives — a starting point for your own scripted layouts (scribus -g -ns -py) |
Guide
references/print-workflow.md— brief to printer: sizes, bleed, safe zone, color, images, fonts, Scribus export settings, what to send.
Rules of thumb
- Bleed 3 mm on every side (US printers often want 0.125 in ≈ 3.2 mm); backgrounds extend to the bleed edge; text ≥ 5 mm inside the trim.
- Images ≥ 300 ppi at placed size; vector art (Inkscape PDF/SVG) for logos.
- Fonts embedded or outlined. Rich black (C60 M40 Y40 K100) for large dark areas, 100 % K for small text.
- CMYK is duller than RGB — the
--brandhex is converted naively; confirm CMYK values with the printer's profile or a swatch book, and show the client a proof. - Always run
pdf-preflight.shbefore sending, and ask the printer for their specs and ICC profile.
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