[scribus] Booklets

[Pierre Marchand]

Vous (Mike Morris) avez écrit :
> If I correctly understand the Scribus documentation, in order to do this
> with Scribus, one needs an additional utility, either "psutils" or
> Multivalent.
>
> Is that correct?

Yes. The idea here is that while it would be nice to have such printing 
feature into Scribus, it’s well handled by dedicated softwares and thus we 
can spend more time coding critical features - and some imposition tool :)

>
> I found a mailing list response from March of 2006 that provides sources to
> download either in Windows versions.  I connected to the two websites, but
> I am still unclear which to use (if, in fact I am correct in concluding
> that one or the other must be used).  In order to use Multivalent, is it
> necessary to convert the Scribus file to PDF first?  From the description
> on the website, that appears to be the case.

I don’t know any tool that can impose a native Scribus file. So yes, you need 
to first export the document in a suitable format. Although it can be an 
hidden operation if your printer driver offers such a feature.

> Apparently, with psutils, the booklet can be created directly from the
> Scribus file.  Is that correct?

No.


> What are the advantages/disadvantages of each approach?

It depends. If you want to print it on an office printing device attached to 
our box, I would vote for the smart driver option. If you want to store the 
resulting file, for getting it to a print shop or having it ready for 
re-prints etc., the external tool which would produce an imposed PDF seems 
fine.

my 2 ¢

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Pierre Marchand