[scribus] (OT, sort of) Imposing PDF 2-up

[Alexandre Leray]

Hi,

check this out:

- <http://stdin.fr/Bazar/PoDoFo>
- <http://oep-h.com/impose/>

Podofoimpose is a command line tool built on top of the podofo library.
If compiled with lua support one can write programmatic imposition plans
which makes it powerful. The second link gives you a couple of
ready-made imposition plan you can probably reuse for your job.

Best,

Alex

On 27/04/11 23:37, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I have a 504-page PDF file that is letter size (8.5 inches by 11
> inches), portrait, and printed with rather large fonts. I received it
> as a PDF file, but it would be trivial to print to PS, if necessary.
> 
> It would look much better if the job was printed 2-up, duplexed. I
> wish to print two copies per print job, so that the imposition is:
> ________________________ 
> |                                     |
> |                                     |
> |         1                1        |   front
> |                                     |
> |_______________________|
> 
> ________________________
> |                                     |
> |                                     |
> |         2                2        |   back
> |                                     |
> |_______________________|
> 
> After printing I will cut the book block in two, yielding two copies
> from each print job. I have a print shop guillotine to do this. I also
> have a book binder to bind the copies.
> 
> I have a lot of PDF viewers on my Fedora 14 computer: Adobe Reader,
> Foxit, Cabaret, Okular, Evince. None of them can do this in their print
> output dialog box. 
> 
> I also have command line tools for manipulating PDF and PS files, but I
> cannot figure out how to do the above kind of imposition. I know I have
> done this in the past, but it was a long time ago on a Windows
> computer. I'm sure it can be done on Linux with PDF command line
> utilities, but I don't even know which one to try, let alone the
> syntax. I might even be able to do it with lpr, but I'd still need to
> figure out the syntax, and the lpr man page doesn't help here.
> 
> Note that "booklet" printing will not do. While I have a guillotine, I
> do not own a paper folder, so manually folding 150 sheets prior to
> binding, over and over again for each copy, is not a viable option.
> Besides, the binding machine prefers cut sheets. 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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