[scribus] Re : making 11 by 17 page layout

[Alison Saylor]

Thank you for this response.  I will try it and see what happens.  Thanks again.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:01 PM, David Zaslavsky <dzaslavs at ellipsix.net> wrote:
> Hi Alison,
>
> The Linux commands to do this (well, at least one way, maybe not the
> only one) are called "psbook" and "psnup". I've never completely
> figured out how to use them but I just did some experiments and it
> seems like something like this should work:
>  psbook inputfile.ps | psnup -Pletter -w11in -h17in -2 > outputfile.ps
> where inputfile.ps and outputfile.ps are, respectively, the input and
> output filenames.  (Of course, inputfile.ps should exist;
> outputfile.ps should not, else it will be overwritten)
>
> As the .ps extension suggests, the inputfile.ps should be in
> Postscript format - I forget if Scribus generates Postscript but if
> not, you can convert a PDF with
>  pdf2ps inputfile.pdf outputfile.ps
> and once you've done the imposition you can convert back with
>  ps2pdf inputfile.ps outputfile.pdf
> In fact you can chain them all together with
>  pdf2ps fromscribus.pdf - | psbook |
>    psnup -Pletter -w11in -h17in -2 | ps2pdf - toprinter.pdf
> (put that all on one line, I only line-broke it to fit in the email)
> Unfortunately it looks like some quality is lost in the PDF-Postscript
> conversion :-( but I don't know any other way to do it on Linux.
> Sometimes you can print to Postscript directly, e.g. on KDE with
> kprinter.
>
> If you don't have these programs, psbook and psnup, I *think*
> they're in package psutils which you can install via aptitude.
>
> :) David
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Alison Saylor <alison.saylor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> yes, you are right, it is exactly what I need, but I know no one who
>> knows Linux unfortunately.  Really want to learn myself but it's hard
>> to figure out how to go about that.  Anyway, thanks
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:00 AM, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
>>> hi alison,
>>>
>>> i wonder if it's not time to look for some help from a graphist or a free
>>> software geek around you...
>>>
>>> he or she could give you an interactive help and the right ideas to solve
>>> this problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> good luck!
>>> a.l.e
>>>
>>>> Thank you, this sounds much easier than changing it in Scribus.  I was
>>>> able to get the two pages side by side by selecting that option from
>>>> view and then saving it like that.  but of course there were two black
>>>> lines in each page.  I tried using the double page function in the
>>>> toolbar but none of the icons did anything.  Do you know if this is
>>>> because I only have the free version of Adobe for PDFs and not the
>>>> paid version?  If I pay for a version will the toolbox work and make
>>>> it present 17 by 11?  Do you know what version of Adobe for PDFs I
>>>> need?  Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jean Migisha <migisha_jean at yahoo.fr>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Alison,
>>>>>
>>>>> Your have an imposition problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no imposition module in Scribus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take a look at Adobe Reader (ver 8 or above), it integrate a basic
>>>>> imposition module.
>>>>> Create a PDF in scribus without changing anything.
>>>>> In Reader print as booklet  (en livret in french) using your final format
>>>>> (11" x 17" landscape) paper.
>>>>> Don' forget to print pages 4 by 4.
>>>>> So, if your newsletter have 16 pages:
>>>>> Then print recto verso pages:
>>>>> 1 - 2 ; 15 - 16
>>>>> 3 - 4 ; 13 - 14
>>>>> 5 - 6 ; 11 - 12
>>>>> 7 - 8 ; 9 - 10
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> De : "Alison Saylor" <alison.saylor at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date : samedi 21 février 2009 8:17
>>>>> À : "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
>>>>> Objet : [scribus] making 11 by 17 page layout
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello All!  I created a newsletter that my printer can't work with.  I
>>>>>> created legal sized pages, 8 1/2 by 11, but want the actual sheets of
>>>>>> paper to be 11 by 17, with two 8 1/2 by 11 pages on each side of each
>>>>>> sheet, to be folded and stapled in the middle so it opens and reads
>>>>>> like a, well, newsletter.  So I need to redo it on 11 by 17.  I can't
>>>>>> figure out how to create an 11 by 17 sized page document.  I can get
>>>>>> close to that by choosing ledger, portrait, but then the pages are not
>>>>>> exactly 11 by 17 because you can't change what's on the right side of
>>>>>> the decimal point.  And there's no margins in the middle to guide.   I
>>>>>> also hope there's a way to import my pages from the first run through
>>>>>> into this one without having to move each individual text and picture
>>>>>> frame and then reposition them.  Thanks in advance for any
>>>>>> suggestions!
>>>>>>
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