[scribus] Booklets

[Nahmsath YABOURI]

And what about bookbinder someone already mentioned on this list?
www.quantumelephant.co.uk/bookbinder/bookbinder.html
Did you try it?

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2008/9/8 Pierre Marchand <capparis at free.fr>

> Vous (Mike Morris) avez écrit :
> > If I correctly understand the Scribus documentation, in order to do this
> > with Scribus, one needs an additional utility, either "psutils" or
> > Multivalent.
> >
> > Is that correct?
>
> Yes. The idea here is that while it would be nice to have such printing
> feature into Scribus, it's well handled by dedicated softwares and thus we
> can spend more time coding critical features - and some imposition tool :)
>
> >
> > I found a mailing list response from March of 2006 that provides sources
> to
> > download either in Windows versions.  I connected to the two websites,
> but
> > I am still unclear which to use (if, in fact I am correct in concluding
> > that one or the other must be used).  In order to use Multivalent, is it
> > necessary to convert the Scribus file to PDF first?  From the description
> > on the website, that appears to be the case.
>
> I don't know any tool that can impose a native Scribus file. So yes, you
> need
> to first export the document in a suitable format. Although it can be an
> hidden operation if your printer driver offers such a feature.
>
> > Apparently, with psutils, the booklet can be created directly from the
> > Scribus file.  Is that correct?
>
> No.
>
>
> > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each approach?
>
> It depends. If you want to print it on an office printing device attached
> to
> our box, I would vote for the smart driver option. If you want to store the
> resulting file, for getting it to a print shop or having it ready for
> re-prints etc., the external tool which would produce an imposed PDF seems
> fine.
>
> my 2 ¢
>
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> Pierre Marchand
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