Re: [mwlib] Colors in printed books

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:31 AM, j.w. thomas <jthomas-KaBSns5Rr5FWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
> Heiko Hees wrote:
>> Unfortunately this option is not available for the transient print
>> technology offered by the printing company we are working with - and I
>> don´t know of any other supporting it either. I can ask them whether
>> they plan to offer this feature.
>>
>> But I doubt that people would choose that option since color printing
>> is expensive and book cost would increase by a factor of 3 .
>
> Lulu offers color printing, but as you say, the cost increases by a
> factor of three or so.  It ain't cheap!

That's a good piece of information, thanks Jim! I would generally like
to stay with PediaPress and their publisher because we have a good
working relationship with them. However, for some individual books,
having a second option with color printing capabilities is certainly
very handy.

What I need to figure out is whether we can get the print-ready PDF
files that PediaPress generates for it's publisher, get them in color,
and send them to a place like Lulu for printing in color. Certainly
very interesting.

--Andrew Whitworth