Hi, Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I just tried pdfjam (Johannes' suggestion) and that's seems to be the easest solution for now. In the future i would like to use XSL-FO solution so i can also generate a TOC etc. But for now pdfjam is brilliant!
Tx! 2009/6/5 Johannes Künsebeck <[email protected]> > Am Freitag, den 05.06.2009, 09:35 +0200 schrieb Andreas Delmelle: > > On 05 Jun 2009, at 09:20, Manuel Mall wrote: > > > > Hi Raphael, Manuel, > > > > > Many printer drivers can do this sort of manipulation for you, e.g. > > > 2 up printing. Or you could use a 'virtual' printer driver like the > > > one from FinePrint. > > > > Another option would be to render the document to the Intermediate > > Format first, and then manipulate it to get the N-up effect. > > see: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/intermediate.html > > > > As of FOP Trunk, a new IF has been introduced, but the old one is > > still supported. > > see: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/trunk/intermediate.html > > > > The format of Area Tree XML itself is, however, undocumented. I > > suggest that you have a look, and post back specific questions here. > > Normally you should be able to pull this off by applying a stylesheet > > transformation on the IF XML where multiple pages are combined into > > one. I've never done this myself, but maybe another user already tried > > this (?) > > > > Basic idea is to use the same FO, generate an IF file, render the > > original IF for regular output, create a copy of the IF, manipulate > > it, and render that for the handouts. > > > > > > HTH! > > > > Andreas > > An easy solution if you are working on *nix-System is to use pdfnup from > the pdfjam suite: > http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam > For Debain/Ubuntu just it's just a > sudo apt-get install pdfjam > away. > > Cheers, > Johannes > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Raphael Parree CTO SOA Evangelist phone +33 683 468663 Disclaimer... "The information contained in this message may be confidential and is intended to be exclusively for the addressee. Sender's written permission is needed prior to forwarding or otherwise using the content of the message, whether completely or partially. Should you receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents herein and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Please rely on your own virus checking, no responsibility is taken by the sender for any damage rising out of any bug or virus infection."
