Herb, I probably shouldn't be commenting on this, but I am in the habbit of printing PDF technical manuals as booklets on my HP PSC 2355. I have never tried producing anything like a newsletter my self, but if I were up to that, my first instinct would be to lay-out an ordinary multi-page document - making all the definitions in scribus - import the text and any images from somewhere else - convert it all to PDF, and simply send it to the printer, configuring it for a 'Booklet job'. The HP Windows printer driver should handle that with ease. You could even have it do the portrait/landscape rotation for you, or do vertical/horizontal bindings either left or right side. I do not think that it would be at all helpful to try and set up Scribus to handle the page following for folding/cutting, as you describe.
If your real trouble is that your driver doesn't support 'Print-to -File' (mine does!), I would put it to HP tech-support to come up with a solution. Otherwise, print you creation to file as it is and then print it the way you wish it to be??? Tony. . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Wohl, MD" <[email protected]> To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: [Scribus] newsletter setup > I've been exploring the use of Scribus 1.3.3.3 to set up an 8-page > newsletter, and finding it difficult. I currently use my ancient Corel > Ventura v8, and it can be done as follows: > set up a virtual printer, HP LAserJet 5200 PS > set up the pages in Ventura > select file, print, and select the above printer > select "layout" (in the options offered), signature layout as > "booklet", 1 signature per sheet > check "print to file" and select name and path > select save as PS file > Using the PS file saved, convert to PDF with Ghostcript, and it all > works well. > In Scribus, the same printer offers no option to print to file nor any > layout options as above. I've reviewed the archives re "booklet" > printing here, and in the extended discussion in Feb this year there > were some workarounds for this problem but none appeared suitable for > Windows XP. Hence it is not possible to use Scribus to prepare a > newsletter: strange for a modern DTP program. Does Scribus use its own > printer drivers, as the options are not the same as under Ventura? > What am I missing here? Any suggestions appreciated. > Herb > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
