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Translation Stage

Bible PublishingQuality AssuranceScripture Engagement
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Mediums

Written
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Integrations

Paratext
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Localization

ArabicChinese (Simplified)EnglishFrenchHungarianIndonesianPortugueseRussianSpanish
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Developer Needed

No
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Linguistic Expertise

No
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Translation Type

Any
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Release Status

General Availability
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Pricing

Free (Unrestricted)
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Offline Usage

Yes
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License

MIT

PTXprint

Make PDF files from Paratext project text, can be simple printouts for checking, or complex typeset quality outputs

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Testimonials

"I just downloaded it and did a test run with Ruth and it looks great. You are right; it was crazy easy and makes it look pretty good even with only spending a couple of minutes making sure the fonts are correct etc."

Greg B

Additional Description

Designed to be a companion for Paratext, PTXprint allows you to create high quality PDFs for trial publications of scripture. It has many easily configurable options allowing a whole range of outputs. This tool enables any translation project to freely produce scripture printouts from their Paratext USFM files for testing and feedback within their local context.

Can also work with texts not in Paratext.

Get Started with PTXprint

  1. Download now for free from: https://software.sil.org/ptxprint/download/
  2. Install and run
  3. Choose a project, book(s) to print and hit Print!
  4. Community support available at: https://community.scripture.software.sil.org/c/ptxprint/27

Additional features

Different views make it easy for novice users to get started, and extremely configurable for power users. Scalable for printing small portions of Scripture locally right through to press-ready PDFs for entire Bibles. Works on Windows or Linux.

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