[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am currently running Open Office 2.0.2 on Fedora 5 Linux. > > I have a large out-of-print book I would like to print and bind > myself. What I need to do is print two pages per sheet such > that they can be folded and bound together. This requires pages > to be printed in an order like: > > For the first ten sheets > 40, 1, 2, 39, 38, 3, 4, 37, 36, 5, 6, 35, 34, 7, 8, 33, 32, 9, > 10, 31, 30, 11, 12, 29, 28, 13, 14, 27, 26, 15, 16, 25, 24, 17, > 18, 23, 22, 19, 20, 21 (ie: Page 40 and Page 1 on one side, and > page 2 and page 39 on the other side. -Duplex printing) > > For the second ten sheets > 80, 41, 42, 79, 78, 43, 44, 77, 76, 45, 46, 75, 74, 47, 48, 73, > 72, 49, 50, 71, 70, 51, 52, 69, 68, 53, 54, 67, 66, 55, 56, 65, > 64, 57, 58, 63, 62, 59, 60, 61 > > ...and so on for the entire book of about 900 pages. > (I have a small app that generates the page sequence for > printing.) > > Once printed the groups of ten sheets (signatures) are, folded > and sewn together. Then the signatures are sewn together. > Finally all of this is bound in a hard cover format. > > I can do the binding easily enough, but I am wondering of OO > can be setup to print, in this page order, while printing two > pages per sheet. > > For reference the following links may be helpful. I found them > while researching this myself: > > Printing via PagePrevew mode. > http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29&sid=5e495eacd025cf261815998225488a94 > > Binding technique: > http://www.diyplanner.com/node/442 > > I have used "Perfect" style binding (binding individual sheets > with glue) for several smaller book, but would like to avoid > that technique for volumes of this size. > http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2006/03/fun-and-easy-how-to-guide-to-binding-your-own-paperback-books-at-homefast/ > > I'd genuinely appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. > > Thanks much, > > James.
have you looked at the 'printing a brochure' help section? There's an extended version on: http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/brochure -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
