[scribus] Booklets

[Nahmsath YABOURI]

Sorry to post this here,
Using bookbinder v.2 with scribus generated pdf, i can't get the imposition
delimiters shown on the screenshot of the product.
Is there specific parameters to set for that?


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2008/9/9 Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se>

> > If I correctly understand the Scribus documentation, in order to do this
> > with Scribus, one needs an additional utility, either "psutils" or
> > Multivalent.
>
> There are other ways too.
>
> Psutils work on postscript files and can create an imposition from a
> postscript export. A suitable way if you have a postscript printer (since
> you will then use postscript all the way from Scribus to the printer).
>
> Multivalent works on PDF files, which might be a better option.
>
> I also posted a link a couple of weeks ago to this program
> http://www.quantumelephant.co.uk/bookbinder/bookbinder.html
>
> Although the preview the program shows can look VERY strange (it doesn't
> seem to support other fonts than the core pdf fonts) the output seems to
> be very similar to what I got from using QuiteImposing with Adobe Acrobat
> this summer (I did the daily camp paper for a scout camp).
>
> > 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
>
> Multivalent is written in java, so there is no "Windows version". The same
> program works on Windows, Mac or Linux.
>
> > Apparently, with psutils, the booklet can be created directly from the
> > Scribus file.  Is that correct?
>
> No, you will have to export to postscript first. You might think of the
> booklet creation using the printing system kprinter
> (http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_make_a_booklet).
>
> > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each approach?
>
> Multivalent or the "bookbinder" program are the easiest to use and they
> work on PDF files. However they aren't as flexible to use as the psutils
> way (using pstops). But for simple booklets they work well.
>
> /Peter
>
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