![]() So for solving both issues, I started to use the 180° mirroring in the printer driver for printing on the front of the pages. However then the second issue was that the scores embossed in the paper do not seem to work well with the feeding mechanism of the printer, leading to smudges in the lower left corner of each print. My first solution for this problem was to disable the width detection in the printer driver, which worked fine. ![]() The first issue is that the holes confuse the printer’s paper width detection and the printer thus refuses the paper. When printing on the front of the paper, you need to load the paper in the rear feed with the pre-punched and pre-scored side forward. My first printing tests revealed two more issue with feeding the paper into the printer: The custom media type and print quality needs to be selected in the printer driver When an image is changed in the file system, Publisher automatically detects that and gives the user an option to update it in the document. Linking images instead of embedding them helps with updating them later. Other relevant document settings are the resolution ( DPI, see output sharpening further below) and the image placement policy. Note that Publisher uses the less-well-known name ROMM RGB for ProPhoto RGB. ![]() As outlined in my article on the topic, I prefer using ProPhoto RGB and 16 bit color depth to retain as much information for printing as possible. The screenshots below show the corresponding spread settings.Īlso important are the document settings regarding color space and depth. I decided on leaving 15mm margins, respectively 41mm on the inner side for the non-printable area where the paper is mounted in the album. The actual dimensions of this paper is 331x305mm. I am using the square Hahnemühle 12x12” content paper, giving ample space to photos in both portrait and landscape orientation. While InDesign may be a bit more powerful, I went for Affinity Publisher, since it ticked all the boxes for me, at a fraction of the costs (at the time of writing, InDesign costs $ 20.99 per month, while Affinity Publisher comes at $49,99 for a permanent license).īefore starting to layout, it is necessary to configure the document and spread parameters in Affinity Publisher, which was fairly straight forward. Scribus was lacking in the color management area, but Adobe InDesign and Affinity Publisher both fulfilled all my requirements. So next I looked at desktop publishing software, concretely Adobe InDesign, Scribus and Affinity Publisher. Also saving pages would have been quite troublesome. My first try was with Adobe Lightroom, however their book printing does not support custom formats, and their normal printing function only has mediocre support of text elements. ![]() Support of color management and the ProPhoto color space. ![]()
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