On Friday 26 June 2009 06:14:04 am Jan de Weerd wrote: > Niklas Hulden wrote: > > Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> alessandro rimoldi wrote: > >>> ciao pierluigi, > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> I am a new user and I would like to know if Scribus is able > >>>> to build booklets and how. I mean, after importing and > >>>> editing a long story, can I print it in such a way that it > >>>> makes a booklet where the first and the last page appear on > >>>> the same paper, then the second and the the second last, > >>>> etc.? > >>> > >>> scribus can't really do it, no (and should never able to do > >>> it, imho). > >>> > >>> what you can do, is to set the order in which the pages are > >>> exported to pdf. > >>> > >>> or you can rely on external tools to create a booklet: > >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Imposition_tools > >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_make_a_booklet > >> > >> Here is a page I've "borrowed" from our manual and placed in > >> the wiki: > >> > >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Making_a_booklet_with_Scribu > >>s_and_Adobe_Reader > >> > >> > >> which shows how to do this imposition with no external tools, > >> other than Scribus and Adobe Reader. > >> > >> Greg > > > > And since ver. 8 Adobe Reader does support booklet printing > > directly from menus, so you can leave the pagesorting to the > > program. > > > > regards > > > > Niklas > > OK, Adobe reader can do that, but it adds margins around the > pages. When I have a centerpage (centerfold) with a photo that > covers two pages, an irritating blank vertical splits the photo. > When I sent the file to a professional printer the photo on the > two pages is printed perfectly (no sign of a vertical gap). > According to the printer he uses some kind of plug-in for adobe > reader. > Does anyone know how to fix this at home? > > Regards, > Jan
I think I have previously described the booklet making process before using the PSUtils suite, starting with a postscript file and and ending up with two postscript files, one for the front sides of each sheet of paper and one for the back. I impose 8.5 x 11 sheets on 11 x 17 paper. Here is my routine: psbook $1.ps $1b.ps echo 'psnup' psnup -2 -ptabloid -Pletter $1b.ps $1p.ps echo 'psselect' psselect -o $1p.ps $1o.ps psselect -e -r $1p.ps $1e.ps #lpr $1o.ps #echo 'switch paper' #read x #lpr $1e.ps #rm $1p.ps $1e.ps $1o.ps $1b.ps For a windows bat file you have to replace each $1 with the actual prefix of your original file (file name without the .ps at the end). -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
