Thanks for reply Victor, but I'm stumped again. I should have mentioned I'm using Scribus on Windows but I can install it on Ubuntu and work from there.
I do not seem to have the option to export the SLA doc to a PS doc. I can export individual pages to EPS format - am I missing something. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Victor Papp <victor at vpapp.com> wrote: > No acrobat needed here, there is a simpler solution. > While it considered as a professional tool, we have almost everything that > it allows for free with GPL. > > a.l.e. is right: ALWAYS use the format of final page: if you are making an > A5 booklet, don't setup A4 document size in scribus. > Setup it as A5. > Then generate PS. (say a5.ps) > and in seconds, using pstops, psbook, and ps2pdf from command line you can > impose pages for booklet. > Example for your case: > > make booklet with 2 commands: > > psbook a5.ps | psnup -l -Pa5 -pa4 -2 > book.ps > ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE#a4 book.ps book.pdf > > 1st line reorders pages, adding empty ones and puts two a5 pages on one a4 > 2nd converts to pdf > > Easy enough? > 2 commands and you are done. And you work with single pages in > scribus/anything. > > P.S. I am also using pdftk to add marks and custom color bars for offset > printing - and all from command line or scripts. > > Victor. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: a.l.e [mailto:ale.comp_06 at xox.ch] > To: scribus at lists.scribus.info > Sent: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:49:26 +0200 > Subject: Re: [scribus] Double sided layout A4 > > hi william, > > > I have used page setup to be A4, double-sided, landscape with > > intention of folding the printed pages into a brochure style. Thus I > > require that right-hand side of first A4 page is page 1 and left hand > > side is page 4. If I use auto-numbering, Scribus marks both sides as > > page 1. > > > > How do I set this up properly (to use A5 would make printing a > > nightmare for more than one page). > > well, i think the best solution is to set it up in a5 and then use an > imposition (or acrobat) to create a booklet which will be a4... > > > was i convincing enough? > > > ciao > a.l.e > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20091004/01ef7e77/attachment.htm>
