John Culleton wrote: >> OK, Adobe reader can do that, but it adds margins around the >> pages. When I have a centerpage (centerfold) with a photo that >> covers two pages, an irritating blank vertical splits the photo. >> When I sent the file to a professional printer the photo on the >> two pages is printed perfectly (no sign of a vertical gap). >> According to the printer he uses some kind of plug-in for adobe >> reader. >> Does anyone know how to fix this at home? >> >> Regards, >> Jan > > I think I have previously described the booklet making process > before using the PSUtils suite, starting with a postscript file and > and ending up with two postscript files, one for the front sides of > each sheet of paper and one for the back. I impose 8.5 x 11 sheets > on 11 x 17 paper. Here is my routine: > psbook $1.ps $1b.ps > echo 'psnup' > psnup -2 -ptabloid -Pletter $1b.ps $1p.ps > echo 'psselect' > psselect -o $1p.ps $1o.ps > psselect -e -r $1p.ps $1e.ps > #lpr $1o.ps > #echo 'switch paper' > #read x > #lpr $1e.ps > #rm $1p.ps $1e.ps $1o.ps $1b.ps > > For a windows bat file you have to replace each $1 with the actual > prefix of your original file (file name without the .ps at the > end). >
Thank you John, I tried psutils a couple of years ago but could not get it right, but your script works! It works when I look at the file on the screen. When I send it to the printer (HP4500) the printer is processing for a long time and finally the display says ready but no paper output. Probably this is due to the ps version? Another problem is the output of scribus. When I export to eps, the output is very dark, I also have this when I save to pdf with option printer. I noticed this for the first time when I updated from scribus 1.3.3.9 to a newer version. It happens when I insert photos in tif format or pdf files in an image frame. When I convert the pdf to jpg and use photos in jpg format, this does not happen. Is this a calibration issue?
