Re: [silug-discuss]

[bentley rhodes <bntly_rhds@charter.net>]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 17:35 -0500, bentley rhodes wrote:
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>>    does anyone know can i use the terminal to print odd and even pages 
>>from a openoffice.org text document to my printer?  or will i get 
>>gibberish?  i found the HOWTO on www.tldp.org that tells me how to do it 
>>from the command prompt, but it (or another) warns of printing a pdf 
>>file to the printer directly.  so i wondered if it applied to the 1.9 
>>OOo as well.
>>    i tried setting the cups graphical printer to (filters) "page-set" = 
>>"even", but when i applied it and then went to the writer program it was 
>>tallying up all the pages and not just the even ones.
>>    
>>
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>I use various print tools to send ps/pdf to printers all-the-time.
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>E.g., I typically write my books on 7.0" x 8.5" pages.  When I go to
>print them, I sometimes want to be able to take the original ps/pdf and
>generate a PDF of page 1 and 4 on the front, and page 2 and 3 on the
>back, of a single 14" x 8.5.  That's how you soft-bind books (after a
>fold).
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>I also like to use tools to resize the 7.0" x 8.5" output to 8.5" x 11"
>pages for typical office binding as well, in the regular order.
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did you say you soft fold books?  i'm making my print outs on 4.5" by 8" 
(i think).  i'm taking 8.5" X 14" paper and then cutting them in thirds, 
i drill straight through top to bottom, and bind them with hemp or 
thread (i'm using thread now).  sometimes i fold the sheets five thick 
and punch holes in them, and then sew them together and make a front and 
back plates, and cover them.  just wondering what you do.

i guess using the PDF format is best though.  how do you use either OOo 
writer, or GGV to print 1 and 4 on the front, 2 and 3 on the back?

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