On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:12:22 +0200 Påvel Nicklasson <pavel223...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My wishlist includes an Adobe Distiller type of program for Linux and > that more printing houses would learn about LaTeX/LyX and offer > support and advice. Påvel, One of my problems has been that most printing companies insist on "if providing a PDF it must be distilled using Adobe" for PDF files. That's a quote from Lulu.com, and while they do accept other PDF files for private printing, if you want it published by them you have to comply. Other publishers have similar wording. I have heard that Lulu.com will accept a PostScript file, though they do not say so on their website. So if you want to use Linux only for writing a book to be published, you pretty much have the choice of finding a publisher who will accept PostScript, or paying for Adobe's online service (I think they accept PostScript). Some publishers will accept other graphics files, such as JPEG or PDF for covers, and if they will do this Scribus is quite good for putting a cover together (with some of the graphic bits produced by Gimp). But I certainly join you in wishing for more LaTeX support among publishers. I don't worry so much about LyX support: if a publisher will accept LaTeX it is quite easy to generate that from LyX. Les
