On Sun, 2018-09-23 at 08:50 +0200, Peter Nermander wrote: > > > I would like to produce a small, portrait-oriented book using a > 4-page-per-US-letter-sheet Cut and Stack imposition. I have a Macbook > Pro with OSX 10.13.6 and an HP P2055dn automatic duplexing laser > printer. > > I am totally new to desktop publishing. Please let me know the > best/cheapest way to do that. > > > The Scribus wiki has a page on different tools that can be used for > impositioning. > https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/PDF,_PostScript_and_Imposition_tools > > For Cut and Stack it is really mostly the shuffling of pages that is the > hard part, the rest is more or less just N-up printing. > > I think that likely the most powerful tool in this case is jpdfTweak, but > figuring out the config string for the shuffling may not be an easy task. > But make a testing PDF of a suitable number of pages with just huge page > numbers on them and use some trial and error to make it work. > > Do you mean 4 pages per sheet or 4 pages per side? Because I think if you > mean 4 pages per sheet (i.e. 2 pages per side), it will just be a booklet > impositioning? > > /Peter > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20180923/c9407a40/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
This handy little tool does "cut & stack" imposition: http://www.noliturbare.com/pdf-tools/simple-imposition It is a Windows program, but runs fine under Wine. I use it for booklets, 2-up, and cut & stack impositions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20180923/de169fdc/attachment.html>
