On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 13:37 -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
>
> <Snip>
>
> >Well I didm't realize that the OP was on Windows do took the generic
> >approach. As to can't do this on Linux, you and I both know this is not
> >true. Further, the example for which I gave the URL, was done under FC3
> >with no OOo printer setup at all. That is what CUPS is for, no?
> >
> >
> I'm using CUPS driver Epson c84 gimp-print ijs. My printer is an epson
> c86. I tried opening the gui print manager -- as it asks for root
> password I hoped that might let me into the print driver Properties (in
> case it was a permissions problem) -- that did nothing -- I still can't
> get into print driver Properties. Trying to choose landscape through
> Format > Page > Orientation made a mess of the document (though I was
> smart enough not to save it as such) and my document still reduces to
> four-to-a-page.
>
> I might have to start a thread on another list (as getting into the
> printer driver Properties is most likely not an OO problem).
>
> Chris
>
I saw your latest message on this subject and then reviewed my users
archive and found this one.
I cannot recall whether or not you got an answer, so I will repeat some
instructions for you:
1. File > Print
2. Printer properties is a button on the File > Print dialogue box.
3. CLick it to set your properties. For brochure printing, this
could be landscape orientation, colour depth, duplexing, tray or
all of the above. No need to get into the OS level stuff unless
you screwed up the initial installation in CUPS.
4. Click OK to exit the properties setup
5. Select the options button
6. Select which pages you wish to print first. If your printer can
duplex the default is okay; otherwise choose left or right.
7. Select brochure. This prints the pages in the correct order
around the fold.
8. Click OK to exit the Options dialogue
9. Click OK to print
10. For non-duplexing printers, take the output stack from the
output tray, flip them so the blank sides can be printed
11. File > Print again if the dialogue closed.
12. Select which pages you wish to print next. Choose left or right
opposite what you chose in (5).
13. Select brochure. This prints the pages in the correct order
around the fold.
14. Click OK to exit the Options dialogue
15. Click OK to print
Now you should have a brochure. How it looks depends upon how you
formatted the original. For the example I gave you, the original
document was formatted as Tabloid size (11 x 17) so that the brochure
came out properly. I tried other ways too but using US paper sizes left
large margins in the brochure hence the use of the large page size.
As to colour, the example also had a colour picture, this image was a
embedded png (lossless) and OOo was set to use CYMK for the Epson that
the print shop had. In other words, nothing particularly special in
setup.
Hope this also helps with the following:
> On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 22:12 -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> > My wife accidentally found a way into the properties for printing.
> > Now
> > when I go into File > Page Preview > Print options page view >
> > Landscape
> > > Print page view, my four pages print two-to-a-page (landscape),
> > I
> > flip the paper and get two-to-a-page on the other side, and voila,
> > that
> > is my booklet (pamphlet, brochure - no one can agree onthe
> > difference
> > amongst these terms). So, I'm okay now (other than that the colour
> > rendering of my logo is so wrong that I'll still have to boot to W98
> > to
> > print the pamphlet).
> >
> > I'll keep this email filed so I check out your utility some time.
> >
> >
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