[FM Discuss] booklet printing

[adam]

its lpr that is not working properly. long sided printing
(duplexnoptumble) should work but it doesnt

adam



On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 07:01 +0100, Luka Frelih wrote:
> On 11. 11. 2010 16:24, adam hyde wrote: 
> > hey
> > 
> > if you use CUPS (linux printer drivers) with psbook installed, then this
> > will produce 2 a5 on an a4 sheet for duplex printing which is
> > theoretically good for cutting and binding:
> > pdftops Desktop/bookiuserguide-en-2010.11.10-16.51.04.pdf - | psbook |
> > lpr -o number-up=2 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge 
> > 
> > except that the second page is always upside down. as i understand it
> > the long-edge should solve this but im having wonky driver issues i
> > think, either that or the orientation is forcing the wrong type of
> > duplex printing...hmmm
> > 
> > 
> > adam
> > 
> > 
> >   
> from http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ajcd/psutils/psbook.html
> 
> Psbook rearranges pages from a PostScript document into ``signatures''
> for printing books or booklets, creating a new PostScript file. The
> input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring
> Conventions. 
> 
> The -s option selects the size of signature which will be used. The
> signature size is the number of sides which will be folded and bound
> together; the number given should be a multiple of four. The default
> is to use one signature for the whole file. Extra blank sides will be
> added if the file does not contain a multiple of four pages.
> 
> Psbook normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the
> -q option suppresses this.
> 
> 
> perhaps try psbook -s4 ?
> also, can you look at the output of psbook in a previewer to see if
> it's that or the lpr duplex option that flips things upside down
> 
> 
> LF
> 
> 
> 
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