Print quality in Aperture 3 and layout export

I searched, but did not find recent information on print quality of books ordered through Aperture 3.
So, my questions are:
1. How is the quality of the books ordered through Aperture 3? Few years ago I heard that the pictures are a bit darken. Is this the case with recent books? I plan to order a hardcover large.
2. The book will have the maximum of 100 pages (309 photos), and it's difficult for me to arrange the pictures in Aperture. I'm thinking to print the layout of the book and then to decide which picture goes where.
I entered some dummy text in the text fileds, so I can see it on my draft print. I would like to see on the print also the placements for pictures, but without adding pictures (it would be a waste of ink if I keep the pictures). Is possible to have a complete layout export of such a book?
Thanks

Hi
You can store as high quality as You like on a Data-DVD - to be used on another computer - BUT if You want it to be playable on any standard DVD-Player then You have to do a Video-DVD and they are as standard only SDef-video AND interlaced.
So feeding iDVD, Roxio Toast™ or DVD-Studio Pro
• HD material results in down-scaling and neither of them give better result (rather worse) than if they are feed SD-video from start
• Progressive material as 1080p - as Video-DVD is as standard interlaced video result will be omitting every second line and following quality loss.
I create my SlideShows in iMovie HD6 or FinalCut as they downscale while keeping quality and they can transport interlaced video over to iDVD without more quality loss.
iMovie'08 to 11 can not do this any way known by me.
Yours Bengt W

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