Side by side pages, is 10 the max?

[michaelejahn]

I remain baffled as to why you simply can send the printer either a;

1 page PDF that is 270 x 13

or

a 13 page PDF

And tell them to do the what they need to do. Not your problem to solve.

 

[Gregg]

I agree, it is there problem to solve, and they will work with whatever I send them. I'm just trying to make it go as smooth as possible.

This will, most likely, not proof at the printer. Most likely, it will proof (wet-proofs) at the repro-house that is doing the scanning. The art is a scroll (probably 20' long) and it being captured using a large format flatbed scanner (Cruze). That said, the single page idea sounded good for proofing purposes, not to mention internally for copyediting/PDF sharing, etc.

Design wise: the art has a pattern that runs the length of the scroll, so the 13 side by side pages would be ideal for ensuring the art lines up.

Lastly, I did put the 10 page max question on InDesignSecrets.com and David replied that 10 is, in fact, the max. Thanks, Pdan, for the suggestion.

 

[michaelejahn]

Design wise: the art has a pattern that runs the length of the scroll, so the 13 side by side pages would be ideal for ensuring the art lines up.

Actually, a single page sounds FAR better approach if you had a pattern that runs the length of the scroll. I would use Illustrator, that offers creation of such patterns.

 

[Gregg]

The pattern is in the painted art. It's not being created digitally.

 

[michaelejahn]

The pattern is in the painted art. It's not being created digitally.

So, tell me - do you then cut it into 13 peices and place them in InDesign ? That's would seem to be pretty wacky to me...

I am sticking with Illustrator as my weapon of choice here, and I would simply place that image once in one document.

 

[Gregg]

So, tell me - do you then cut it into 13 peices and place them in InDesign ? That's would seem to be pretty wacky to me...

I am sticking with Illustrator as my weapon of choice here, and I would simply place that image once in one document.

No. If I was able to have 13 pages side by side (which was the origin of this thread), I would only need to place the image once. I can also achieve this by making a single page that is the width of the 13 pages, and not have to worry about incorporating Illustrator. This title could potentially have co-ed interest and some foreign publishers would not be comfortable typesetting their translations in Illustrator.

Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[Smith]

Glad to know about Illustrator. Thanks for share with us these suggestion.

 

[amybest222]

Workaround

Workaround

Try Illustrator art boards with no gutter. If your final size is larger than the max pdf size.. work in 1/10 scale just make sure your effective resolution is appro for the scale. You can always place Hires pdf to your illustrator template or build right in illustrator.