[scribus] Double sided layout A4

[William Kenny]

Thanks for reply Victor, but I'm stumped again. I should have mentioned I'm
using Scribus on Windows but I can install it on Ubuntu and work from there.

I do not seem to have the option to export the SLA doc to a PS doc. I can
export individual pages to EPS format - am I missing something.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Victor Papp <victor at vpapp.com> wrote:

> No acrobat needed here, there is a simpler solution.
> While it considered as a professional tool, we have almost everything that
> it allows for free with GPL.
>
> a.l.e. is right: ALWAYS use the format of final page: if you are making an
> A5  booklet, don't setup A4 document size in scribus.
> Setup it as A5.
> Then generate PS. (say a5.ps)
> and in seconds, using pstops, psbook, and ps2pdf from command line you can
> impose pages for booklet.
> Example for your case:
>
> make booklet with 2 commands:
>
> psbook a5.ps | psnup -l -Pa5 -pa4 -2 > book.ps
> ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE#a4 book.ps book.pdf
>
> 1st line reorders pages, adding empty ones and puts two a5 pages on one a4
> 2nd converts to pdf
>
> Easy enough?
> 2 commands and you are done. And you work with single pages in
> scribus/anything.
>
> P.S. I am also using pdftk to add marks and custom color bars for offset
> printing - and all from command line or scripts.
>
> Victor.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: a.l.e [mailto:ale.comp_06 at xox.ch]
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Sent: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:49:26 +0200
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Double sided layout A4
>
> hi william,
>
> > I have used page setup to be A4, double-sided, landscape with
> > intention of folding the printed  pages into a brochure style. Thus I
> > require that right-hand side of first A4 page is page 1 and left hand
> > side is page 4. If I use auto-numbering, Scribus marks both sides as
> > page 1.
> >
> > How do I set this up properly (to use A5 would make printing a
> > nightmare for more than one page).
>
> well, i think the best solution is to set it up in a5 and then use an
> imposition (or acrobat) to create a booklet which will be a4...
>
>
> was i convincing enough?
>
>
> ciao
> a.l.e
>
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