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From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
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Subject: Re: Wanted program to filter ps file 2 A5 -> A4
Message-ID: <1991Mar01.100514.10260@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 1 Mar 91 10:05:14 GMT
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In-Reply-To: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u)

>>>>> russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) (RJF) writes:

RJF> I am using dvips to print files generated by LaTeX and A5.sty.

RJF> What I want to do is postprocess the output from dvips to print the pages
RJF> two up on A4 paper. The catch is that I also want to reorder the pages so
RJF> that they are in the correct order for stapling into a booklet.

RJF> i.e. if there are 4 pages in the document then page 1 of the A4 output
RJF> should have pages 1 & 4 of the original and page 2 should have 2 & 3.

You could use dvidvi, but this would process your dvi file rather than the
postscript. The resulting dvi file can be printed normally with dvips or
whatever program you have.

I use these parameters:

	  4:-1,2'(148mm,0)'
	  4:-3,0'(148mm,0)'
	       Useful for printing a little booklet on A5, four pages
	       to a sheet, double-sided, for stapling in the middle.
	       Print the first one, put the stack back into the printer
	       upside down, and print the second.
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