iText can take a PDF and assemble other PDF with pages from the first in any orientation, scaling, etc. You must know what goes where, there's nothing pre-built to do the n-up imposition.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:00 PM 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. > > Thanks again, especially for providing this software, > Lynn Allan > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest > Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones > for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882&alloc_id=15148&op=click > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882&alloc_id=15148&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
