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I have: PDF document with a 800 pages book. If I just print it it will take 400 sheets of paper - too much.
I want: converted PDF document that have 400 pages: each page is two pages of original document. It can be printed on 200 double-sided steets: both more portable and cheaper.
Vi.
Posted 2011-05-17T22:11:41.323
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A quick Web search turned up quite a few apps to convert PDFs to booklet format - for example:
http://opensource.marten.dk/sider/pdf-booklet-creator_67.aspx
Linker3000
Posted 2011-05-17T22:11:41.323
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"booklet" - thanks, now I know what to search for. – Vi. – 2011-05-17T22:32:16.690
Looks like "ps2book" thing works. – Vi. – 2011-05-18T01:11:21.030
If you have the program used to create the original PDF this may lay things out for you - I used to produce books, brochures and training manuals this way in Pagemaker and InDesign – Linker3000 – 2011-05-18T10:55:30.787
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if your printer has a print 'x up' option built in, that's probably the best option. I used to use the trial version of fineprint (prints an ad underneath) to do the same thing when my printer didn't have that option, but this was a VERY long time a ago, and i'm not sure if there's still a trial version
Journeyman Geek
Posted 2011-05-17T22:11:41.323
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I want to have the ready-made PDF that will be just printed (not by me). Now looking for various scripts and tools: mpage - fail (breaks text even in "no-op" mode), psbook/pstops - fail (misplaced pages), looking more. – Vi. – 2011-05-18T00:05:25.313
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If you are using Print&Share, you can set "Pages on 1 sheet" to 2 or 4 for example for the printer channel. If you then click the "Pages on 1 sheet" label you have an option to put the pages in the correct order for booklet.
Also make sure you select the Duplex option ;-)
additional options you might be interested in to save resources:
juFo
Posted 2011-05-17T22:11:41.323
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In Adobe Reader, the Print command has an option for booklet printing: look in the "page scaling" drop down box.
– Bavi_H – 2011-05-18T00:59:15.423