Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:38:47 +0200 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tool to produce A5 booklet from A4 pages PS / PDF Message-ID: <4BB53C97.7060000@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <20100402022757.ec5f6598.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100402022757.ec5f6598.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2010-04-02 02:27, Polytropon wrote: > In order NOT to try to reinvent the wheel, I'd like to ask > if anyone knows a tool that does helps to produce a printable > and foldable booklet from A4 pages. > > I'm searching for a tool that scales down and reorders A4 > pages (from a document, usually PS or PDF) in a way that > the result can be printed with a duplex printer (content > on both sides of the paper sheet) and then be folded in > the middle in order to get a "book" (or let's better call > it a booklet) in A5 format. Additionally, the booklet > can be stapled where it has been folded (using the proper > mechanical tool). > > Of course, this just seems useful for standard A paper > formats (A4 / A5) which keep the aspect ratio sqrt(2) > (or nearly 1.414:1) even after folding or combining: > > A4 > +------++------+ > | || | > | A5 || A5 | > | || | > +------++------+ > > Illustration here: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/A_size_illustration.svg > > Depending on the "real" page number, it would require to > completely re-order and rotate (90 or 270 degree) the > contained pages, depending where they will appear on the > result paper. > > For example, page 1 needs to be placed on page 1, top, > rotated 270 degrees, while the lase page also has to be > placed on page 1, bottom, rotated 270 degrees. Page 2 > will be on page 2 (which is the rear side of page 1), > top, rotated 90 degrees... and now my imaginary force > is failing. :-) All pages have to be scaled down to > 50% of their original size, of course. > > In ideal case, the number of pages to be processed this > way is modulo 4, because 4 pages go to one sheet (two > per side). > > So basically, I'm searching for a program that does the > renumbering and rotation magic, provided PS or PDF files > as input, and also as output. > > What tool can you suggest to do so? print/psutils-a4 has tools to do the job for you.
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