On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 03:21:39PM -0500, Bill McClain wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:41:38 -0600 > Matt Gushee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
