On Sun November 26 2006 12:48 pm, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 12:24:19PM -0600, [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. > > You might look at 'psbook' as a program to follow generating > Postscript output from OpenOffice. > > Reagrds, > > Dean
Thank you very much that is certainly getting me very close. Now I just need to get psnup to work and all will be well. The man pages for psnup need a lot of work yet, and the program doesn't work as I would expect. It appears to insist on scaling the pages no matter what options i throw at it. If anyone has a real grasp how psnup really functions I would appreciate some pointers. I've tried things like: psnup -nup 2 -w5.5in -h8.5in -W5.5in -H8.5in -l zzPrintTest.ps zzPrintTest2.ps or psnup -nup 2 -w5.5in -h8.5in -W11in -H8.5in -f zzPrintTest.ps zzPrintTest2.ps My results are always about the same. I cannot get the original pages to print full size. they are always reduced. I have attempted to guess at how the -s -m and -b options might function but nothing appears to work. (At least not as I would expect.) I really want something very simple. To print the 1/2-letter pages side by side in landscape orientation on a full letter page without scaling the originals at all. Again I truly appreciate the assistance, James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
