From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 1 22:40:40 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 9A4041065670 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBD08FC16 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o01Mecca063597; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:40:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E500FBA9B; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:40:37 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:40:37 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Doug Poland Message-ID: <20100101224037.GB99997@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4B3E3121.6060106@polands.org> <20100101184219.6cd84f19.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100101182421.GA38610@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20100101193625.d25855d3.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100101201805.GA41413@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4B3E7644.2080805@polands.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B3E7644.2080805@polands.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced printing/layout tools 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, 01 Jan 2010 22:40:40 -0000 --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 04:25:08PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > > Thanks for the info so far. I have much to learn about LaTeX, that is=20 > certain. To complicate matters, the output will be on US Letter,=20 > landscape, multi-column, multi-sided, booklet format. No doubt LaTeX=20 > will handle the landscape, letter, and multi-column, but I'm not sure=20 > about booklet, multi-sided. I have some experience with print/psutils=20 > doing duplex, booklet printing. LaTeX can generate postscript via the dvips(1) program. I've used that a lot with psutils. But modern LaTeX toolchains tend to generate pdf by default. The port print/pdfjam provides the same functionality as psutils but then for pdf fi= les. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks+eeUACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWCowCfck790L1BLILfoQkSn1zqkH7O vwgAn1E+iOdlcENxt5aktofgCOn8oXBE =Veth -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN--