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Re: Print books in book format


At 00:00 2002-11-16 -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 02:21:23AM +0100, Uten Navn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Does any one of you docbook writers know how a docbook (or other document) 
>> can be printed (on your personal printer) in a traditional book fashion?
>> 
>> I'm looking for a solution where I get the printout formatted such that
the 
>> pages can be wrapped up like a ordenary book.
>> 
>> Ex: Print two pages on each side (A4 in my case) of the paper. When the 
>> pages are printed I could use a stapler, old fashone thread or something
to 
>> bind the pages.
>> 
>> Any pointers, links or sugestions would be appreciated.
>
>You want to search for imposition software that will
>work with Postscript or PDF files.  Imposition is the
>process of arranging pages on a press to print many
>pages on a large sheet, which is then folded, bound,
>and trimmed.
>
>You would use the DocBook stylesheets (DSSSL or XSL) and
>tools to generate Postscript or PDF output and feed it
>into such software.
>
>Some of the imposition software can reduce the pages, but you might
>get better results increasing the page margins yourself
>using parameters in the DocBook stylesheets
>to define the finished page size you want in the book.
>

I have not done this, and I am not even set up to try it, but for what it's
worth ...

pdfTeX claims to be useful for page impression purposes.  From the manual, 
    Given that the A4 version is typeset, one can generate a booklet by
saying:
        texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up --addempty=1,2 pdftex-t

Could this be combined with a TeX rendering of DocBook to do the job?

HTH,
Terry.


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