Hello all, I have an internal program that I wrote for imposing PDF's and I have been planning for some time to package it up and give it back to the project.
This post motivated me to give you at least something. The source is still too messy to give back, but I have included a link to an executable JAR file that will work for now. http://www.bearprinting.com/Smash.zip You can add and edit N-UP layouts and scale imposed size. It also supports imposing images through embedded JIMI. For Lynn Allan, the layout you need to add is: 2 up statement portrait (8.5 x 11) left:0 top:0 rows:1 cols:2 cols gutter:0 rows gutter:0 width:8.5 height:11 Measurements are in inches. I am releasing this program for all iText users, I hope that it is as valuable to you as it is to me. Bill Ensley Bear Printing -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lynn Allan Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:00 AM To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [iText-questions] Print half-size Ms-Word booklet on 8.5"x11" paper Summary of a long email: I'm trying to get a Ms-Word 2003 half-size booklet to print out such that it uses a full-page sheet of letter paper. I haven't been able to get Ms-Word to do this. As described in the following, can this be done with your utility using "n-up imposition" such that the "top half" and "bottom half" on a 8.5" x 11" sheet are identical on both sides? More info ... sorry for the length and TIA for looking it over. ... also, thanks for making your software available Here is a link to a Word example that illustrates the problem: http://inverse.sf.net/Misc/EightPageDocBooklet_4.25w_5.5h.doc http://inverse.sf.net/Misc/EightPageDocBooklet_4.25w_5.5h.pdf I have been attempting an approach using a pdf print driver. So far, I've tried dozens of combinations/permutations of settings for the trial version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and the free version of pdf995, but they don't quite do what I need. Close, but frustratingly not quite. The commercial CutePdf works, but I don't have any budget for this project. Perhaps I don't know what I'm doing, haven't been getting enough sleep, or need to find some "smart pills". <g> The commercial CutePdf works, but I don't have any budget for this project. Here's what it looks like, which also givesan illustration of what I want to do. http://inverse.sf.net/Misc/CutePdfResult_OK.pdf Prior to spending the time and effort to explore other available software with "n-up imposition" capabilities, I wanted to check if your software utility can do what my requirements involve, as further described below. My impression is that you might have a simple answer that will save me a lot of time. That could be either, "no, it doesn't", or "yes, it does and here is how." To be useful, the "n-up" printing has to have the "top half" and "bottom half" be the same for both sides of a half size (4.25" x 5.5") duplexed booklet page. Otherwise, there will be manual collation after printing which defeats the purpose. For example, with a twenty page booklet, pages 5, 6, 15, and 16 have to be on the same half page in a specific relationship to each other, or you've got a mess. The bottom half has to have exactly the same correct layout as the "top half". Typical "n up" software that I've looked at so far would take an eight page booklet, and put all eight pages on the front and back of one single "letter" sized sheet of paper (8.5" x 11") That isn't what I'm looking for. It doesn't work to use "custom size" paper, because the low-end duplexing HP 1320 printer I'm using for "content development" only supports automatic duplexing with standard paper sizes (letter, legal, A4). Otherwise, it reverts to manual feed, with all the associated paper handling problems. The HP 1320 duplexing seems to work quite well with standard paper sizes. Its rollers keep holding on to the paper throughout the printing, and this gives the paper much less of a chance to misfeed. I'm trying to prepare "content" that other people/organizations can freely download from the internet and print perhaps 50 copies by themselves for classroom usage. This has the potential to greatly reduce the hassle and expense of making these publications available at no charge. 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