On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Garst R. Reese wrote:
> Allan Rae wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Garst R. Reese wrote:
> >
> > > Allan Rae wrote:
>
> > We could probably add another lyxrc variable to support either psutils or
> > mpage for n-page printing. What do psbook and psselect do? I can't find
> > any of the systems here using them (FreeBSD, Linux (RH, Mandrake) and
> > Solaris).
> >
> > Allan. (ARRae)
> I just checked out mpage. It does not do the same thing at all, so it is
> not an either or situation. What I do with psutils is print 5.5 x 8.5
> pages on 8.5 x 11 paper in two-sided flats to a file as a single
> signature. I e-mail the file to my printing co. When they print it they
> just cut it in half and stack the two halves and the pages are all
> double sided in order, ready for perfect binding.
Which command do you use for this?
mpage lets you print as many pages as you like (almost) on any given page
and for a two-pages-per-side you can also select no margins and tumble to
get what you want. Although in your case you'd need to set your original
document's page size as 8.5 x 11. Of course for your situation you'd
still get different output because the pages are reduced in size.
Hmmm... Actually I've never tried printing A5 pages two-up on A4 using
mpage so it may still be possible to substitute mpage for whatever you
currently use. It would just require a bunch of different command line
flags. I prefer doing that by hand anyway checking the output file using
gv before printing.
Thanks for your info. Something else to consider when extending Print.
Allan. (ARRae)
