> From: "Simons, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:24:12 -0700
>
> No, I don't mean "upsetting your daily routine." This term also refers to
> the process of re-ordering pages for the the purpose of producing a book.
> Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to produce a music book using
> 2-sided, 11x17-inch sheets. [...]
That's what I do since long with A4-pages on A3-sheets. So in the following
examples replace 21cm by 6.5", 297mm by 8.5", 14.85cm by 4.25", a3 by ledger, ...
I use one of three methods, which sometimes work well and sometimes not.
The first is using the programme dvibook, which you can find e.g. on CTAN.
The DOS-procedure I use is the following:
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echo ACHTUNG: generiert schwarze Streifen
echo ACHTUNG: generiert schwarze Streifen
echo ACHTUNG: generiert schwarze Streifen
setlocal
set del=del
if "%3%" != "" set del=%3%
set file=%@name[%2%]
dvibook -s %1% %file%.dvi y0.dvi
dvidvi 2:0,1(21cm,0) y0.dvi y1.dvi
rem dvihp @1a3_a4 /ob+ /do /fd0 y1.dvi
rem dvihp @1a3_a4 /ob+ /de /fd0 y1.dvi
dviview @1a3_a4 /fd0 /tr0 /w=297mm /h=210mm y1.dvi
call dvips -t a3 -t landscape -o %file%.ps y1.dvi
%del% y[0-1].dvi
endlocal
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The three echo-commands at the very beginning tell the problem with dvibook:
ATTENTION: produces black stripes
Sometimes you find thick black boxes on some pages.
So I made special procedures for a specific number of pages using the programmes
dviselec, dvidvi, dviconca, ... which are available on CTAN, too. Here is a
procedure for 8 pages:
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