[scribus] A2 Paper, double sided, flip document

[John Culleton]

On Wednesday 10 February 2010 05:00:14 Sveinn í Felli wrote:
> Þann mið 10.feb 2010 02:24, skrifaði Gregory Pittman:
> > On 02/09/2010 08:40 PM, James Rhodes wrote:
> >> Message:
> >> I just started a new document using A2 paper, double sided and
> >> designed the
> >> entire page as I want. Now how do I flip the document to start
> >> designing the
> >> back side of the document?
> >
> > Um, James, you're always working on the fronts of the pages.
> > When you get ready to print, this process of printing on both sides is
> > imposition. If you're taking your work to a commercial printer, they can
> > likely handle the imposition for you.
> > If you want to do this on a printer hooked up to your computer, you
> > print one side, then the other. If you have a duplex printer, it may be
> > a bit quicker, but you still need the imposition.
> >
> > Greg
>
> Are you meaning how you can add a new page (new side of your
> existing sheet) ?
>
> Page --> Insert
>
> In DTP jargon placing a specific page on the back of another
> (e.g. p.1 and p.4, p.2 and p.3) is called imposition. Your
> printer driver/software may be capable of that function.
>
> cheers
>
> Sveinn í Felli
>
>
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To be clear, the computer image of a piece of paper printed on both sides is 
in the form of two page images. So you just need to add another page to your 
document in Scribus and lay out the back. Your printer will understand if you 
tell him/her.
-- 
John Culleton
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