[scribus] page imposition software

[John Culleton]

On Thursday 04 December 2008 03:36:38 pm Mr. Beast wrote:
> Thanks for the page imposition script. Unfortunately, I am just a
> user and haven't a clue what to do with a script. 

We are all just users. But some have learned to use different tools.

To run a script you need to go to a command line window and type in 
e.g., 
myscript.bat  mydoc.ps
For the Windows user the script needs a .bat suffix.  And some other 
things are a bit more complex. But it can be done in any OS. 

First you need to download and install two sets of utilities, 
Ghostscript and PSUtils.  Then you need to write an appropriate 
script.  There are more tools available for PostScript files than for 
pdf files so you start with a PostScript file and convert to pdf  
later. I have a script I use for 8.5 x 11 (letter) booklets printed 
locally on 11 X 17 (tabloid) paper:
---------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------

I can explain these command line by line if you want.  This is a Linux 
script but I could write one for Windows if pressed. 

Some DTP programs have layout tools built in, like the Coherent 
variant of TeX. For Scribus we use external tools.  In either case it 
consists of downloading the software and learning how to use it.

 -- 
John Culleton
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