Hi, check this out:
- <http://stdin.fr/Bazar/PoDoFo> - <http://oep-h.com/impose/> Podofoimpose is a command line tool built on top of the podofo library. If compiled with lua support one can write programmatic imposition plans which makes it powerful. The second link gives you a couple of ready-made imposition plan you can probably reuse for your job. Best, Alex On 27/04/11 23:37, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have a 504-page PDF file that is letter size (8.5 inches by 11 > inches), portrait, and printed with rather large fonts. I received it > as a PDF file, but it would be trivial to print to PS, if necessary. > > It would look much better if the job was printed 2-up, duplexed. I > wish to print two copies per print job, so that the imposition is: > ________________________ > | | > | | > | 1 1 | front > | | > |_______________________| > > ________________________ > | | > | | > | 2 2 | back > | | > |_______________________| > > After printing I will cut the book block in two, yielding two copies > from each print job. I have a print shop guillotine to do this. I also > have a book binder to bind the copies. > > I have a lot of PDF viewers on my Fedora 14 computer: Adobe Reader, > Foxit, Cabaret, Okular, Evince. None of them can do this in their print > output dialog box. > > I also have command line tools for manipulating PDF and PS files, but I > cannot figure out how to do the above kind of imposition. I know I have > done this in the past, but it was a long time ago on a Windows > computer. I'm sure it can be done on Linux with PDF command line > utilities, but I don't even know which one to try, let alone the > syntax. I might even be able to do it with lpr, but I'd still need to > figure out the syntax, and the lpr man page doesn't help here. > > Note that "booklet" printing will not do. While I have a guillotine, I > do not own a paper folder, so manually folding 150 sheets prior to > binding, over and over again for each copy, is not a viable option. > Besides, the binding machine prefers cut sheets. > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.net > > Use http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus to unsubscribe or edit > your options. > > Scribus Forums are available at http://forums.scribus.net > > Notice: Scribus mailing lists were migrated to a new host and now reside at > lists.scribus.net, so a new list address scribus at lists.scribus.net has to > be used. >
