Carol Kankelborg <cckborg1 at alumni.lehigh.edu> writes: > I don't know if this is a problem with scribus or not.
I think it isn't. > I have a scribus file with 36 half-letter-sized pages which will be > combined into > a booklet made from letter-sized paper folded in half. I generate the PDF for > printing the booklet as follows: > > I "print" to a file from scribus (1.1.0) to create "Test.ps." > I then run the following commands under UNIX (Mac OS X, fink packages, > Apple X11b3) > > psbook -s36 -q Test.ps Test.reorder.ps > psnup -h11in -w8.5in -H8.5in -W5.5in -2 -q Test.reorder.ps Test.nup.ps > ps2pdf13 Test.nup.ps Test.pdf Try psbook without the -s36. The manual says ,----[ man psbook ] | The -s option selects the size of signature which will be | used. The signature size is the number of sides which will | be folded and bound together; the number given should be a | multiple of four. The default is to use one signature for | the whole file. Extra blank sides will be added if the | file does not contain a multiple of four pages. `---- I don't know much about printing, but I think these "signatures" are sub-groups of pages, like: you have 200 pages, print them in 10 groups ? 20 pages (5 sheets each), fold each group seperately and glue those groups together into one book. AFAIK this makes the books more even. For 36 pages, you could do 3 subgroups ? 12 pages (3 sheets each), or you could make it all in one. If you make subgroups, you need to find a way to glue/tie the subgroups together. Also, I would try to avoid scaling the layout, that might reduce the quality. I have no idea if one of my hints somehow solves your problem... If they don't: Try to print the postscript file directly. If you print the brochure on your own, you don't need a PDF. Michael
