[scribus] printing 2 A5 pages in a A4 sheet

[Alberto Zeni]

Hello,
I think that you could open each page of your PDF files by means of GIMP,
change their dimensions as you like, save them as JPEG files and, at last,
import them in SCRIBUS and do what you like.
Alberto

2009/10/23 Federico Bruni <brunology at gmx.com>

> Hi all,
>
> my request is not related to Scribus but I know there are people here who
> can help me, and that's urgent: I need to print a flyer to distribute in a
> conference which takes place tomorrow.
>
> I have both A4 and A5 .pdf files (1 page). I want to print two copies for
> each page, so 2 A5 flyers for each A4 paper.
> Unfortunately I've never found a printer shop who was able to do it..
>
> These are the .pdf, just in case you want to try:
> http://fscons.org/helping
>
>
> Here's what I've done:
> * create a copy of the A5 .pdf
> * merge the two pdf in a two-page pdf file (A5)
>
> then I try to transform in A4 1 page:
>
> * either print to file with Okular --> but I get two pages, even though
> I've set landscape, no margins and two pages per sheet
>
> * or use the following commands:
> pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf cat output 12.pdf
> pdf2ps 12.pdf
> psnup -l -Pa5 -pa4 -2 12.ps output.ps
> ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4 output.ps output.pdf
>
> the imposition is correct but I get a poor quality output
> maybe the problem is with the ps conversion, in fact I get these warnings:
>
>  **** Warning:  Generation number out of 0..65535 range, assuming 0.
>   **** Warning:  Generation number out of 0..65535 range, assuming 0.
>   **** Warning:  File has an invalid xref entry:  1.  Rebuilding xref
> table.
>
>   **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
>   **** The file was produced by:
>   **** >>>> iText 2.1.5 (by lowagie.com) <<<<
>   **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
>   **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
>   **** specification.
>
> Can anybody help me?
> I'm sorry for the OT request, please let me know which could be the right
> place where asking such information.
>
> Best regards,
> --
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