[scribus] page imposition software

[Frank Cox]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:49:17 -0600
Mr. Beast wrote:

> Several months ago there was a discussion about page imposition. At that 
> time a couple of pieces of software were recommended for doing page 
> impositions in Linux Scribus. What is the best Linux software for doing 
> page impositions today and is there anything I should be aware of while 
> using it?

Here is the script that I use to create a 2-up imposition for my monthly
theatre flyer:

pdf2ps scribusflyer.pdf
psnup -pledger -Pletter -nup 2 scribusflyer.ps imposed.ps
rm scribusflyer.ps
ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -sPAPERSIZE=ledger imposed.ps imposed.pdf
pdftk imposed.pdf cat 1E 2W output flyer.pdf
rm imposed.ps imposed.pdf
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=psmono -r1200 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 -dCOLORSCREEN -dDITHERPPI=
110 -sOUTPUTFILE=temp.ps flyer.pdf -c quit
rm flyer.pdf
ps2pdf temp.ps temp.pdf
rm temp.ps
pdftk temp.pdf cat 1 2 output flyer.pdf
rm temp.pdf
pdf90 flyer.pdf
pdf90 flyer-rotated.pdf
rm flyer.pdf flyer-rotated.pdf
mv flyer-rotated-rotated.pdf flyer.pdf
pdfopt flyer.pdf flyer-opt.pdf
rm flyer.pdf
mv flyer-opt.pdf flyer.pdf


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