On 10 December 2020 16:37:31 CET, Rich Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: >On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How do I print them the >> same way tho? > >I didn't see much discussion on the printing side of this - how to >print two-sided on a one-sided printer. > >Step 1 (optional): I created a CUPS queue for such jobs that just >outputs everything into PDF in a directory. This lets you easily >print stuff that isn't already PDF from various computers/OSes and >accumulate a bunch as printing this way is easier in bulk since it >involves a bit of manual manipulation. > >Step 2 (optional): I have a script that takes each PDF and adds a >blank page if needed to result in an even number of pages, then >concatenates all the PDFs into a single file. I probably stole this >from somewhere: > >#!/bin/bash >for file in *.pdf >do > #get the number of pages > numberofpages=`pdftk "$file" dump_data | sed -e >'/NumberOfPages/!d;s/NumberOfPages: //'` > echo -n "$file" 'has' $numberofpages 'pages, ' > > uneven=$(($numberofpages % 2)) > if [ $uneven == 1 ] > then > echo 'which is uneven - added 1 more' > tempfile=`mktemp` >pdftk A="$file" B=/usr/local/share/blank.pdf cat A B1 output >"$tempfile" > mv $tempfile $file > else > echo 'which is even' > fi >done > >pdftk *.pdf cat output out.pdf > >Step 3: To print a single PDF double-sided follow this guide: >http://duramecho.com/ComputerInformation/HowToDoTwoSidedPrinting/index.html > >So the idea is that I accumulate a bunch of documents to print this >way, combine them such that they can be printed all at once, and then >do the page flip technique in that guide. No need to worry about >individual pages as long as you ID which type of printer you have and >follow the appropriate process. However, to print multiple documents >at once this way they all have to have an even number of pages, which >is why I have the script. Concatenating the files with blank pages >added means that you can just print the whole thing once, flip, then >print it again, and it all works.
I used to do that manually. Printing from PDF is supported by my printer directly from USB stick, so never did have to play around with scripts like that. They may come in handy in future though. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
