[Scribus] can pdftk merge 2 pages on one?

Luciano Cardoso - ComCient comcient
Sat Apr 9 00:48:45 CEST 2005


Or you could use Multivalent tools : http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/

On Apr 8, 2005 6:46 PM, John R. Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Friday 08 April 2005 04:37 pm, Eilert wrote:
> > Someone here told me about pdftk to be able to merge e. g. 2 A4 portrait
> > pages on one A3 landscape sheet.
> >
> > However, I do not find any hint in its man-page how to cope with formats...
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Rolf
> 
> TeX and in particular pdftex and Context handle problems like
> this nicely. Or you can convert the file to PostScript and use
> PSUtil programs to set up signatures, in this case a single two page
> signature, A4 on A3. Here is my script for taking a PostScript
> file of 8.5 x 11 pages and printing them booklet style on 11 x17:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> psbook $1.ps $1b.ps
> echo 'psnup'
> psnup -2 -ptabloid -Pletter $1b.ps $1p.ps
> echo 'psselect'
> psselect -o -r  $1p.ps $1o.ps
> psselect -e -r  $1p.ps $1e.ps
> #lpr $1o.ps
> #echo 'switch paper'
> #read x
> #lpr $1e.ps
> #rm $1p.ps $1e.ps $1o.ps $1b.ps
> -------------------------------------------------
> --
> 
> Unless you are also printing a booklet the first command is
> superfluous. This is a Linux script.
> 
> John Culleton
> 
> Able Indexers and Typesetters
> http://wexfordpress.com
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