<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do something equivalent, producing a book with pages in A5 format (with 4
> pages on an A4 sheet).
>
> I produce a .dvi file (with abc2mtex, musixtex and tex) and then :
>
> dvips -h reli.ps -f < book.dvi | psbook | psnup -2 -q -d -b10 >$TMPDIR/book.ps
Nate that this will produce less than perfect results if the document
contains bitmap fonts (as is the case with MusiXTeX stuff). Dvips
output is usually resolution dependent, so scaling at the PostScript
level (by using psnup or pstops's @ option) will reduce the quality of
the output.
It is usually better to let dvips do the scaling by giving an
appropriate magnification (-x707 for scaling A4 to A5), and then use
pstops without the @ option.
The following works for me:
dvips -x707 dvifile -o x.ps
pstops 4:-3L(29.7cm,0)+0L(29.7cm,14.85cm) x.ps x1.ps
pstops 4:1L(29.7cm,0)+-2L(29.7cm,14.85cm) x.ps x2.ps
Then print x1.ps for the front sides and x2.ps for the reverse sides.
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Stefan Haller
Berlin, Germany
http://www.snafu.de/~stk/
