From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 00:39:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9DDB1065680 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC038FC0C for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so568364qwe.7 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:39:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.229.218.137 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:39:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100402022757.ec5f6598.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100402022757.ec5f6598.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:39:54 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3fc54e5673fa2e24 Received: by 10.229.91.16 with SMTP id k16mr2544809qcm.40.1270168794349; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:39:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Tool to produce A5 booklet from A4 pages PS / PDF X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:39:55 -0000 On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:27 PM, 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). > [...] Several of the things you mention can be done with pdftk, other dunno but maybe. PS is much easier to hack than PDF IMHO, scaling and stuff can be done with any text editor includiong sed, juts by hacking the preamble but once in pdf I usually use pdftk ;-) /usr/ports/print/pdftk Cheers, Alejandro Imass > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >