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From: Woody on 9 Jun 2010 18:25
Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I am sure I have asked this before...
> > >
> > > Is there some convenient way to create a booklet of A5 pages, preferably
> > > in Pages, that can be sent straight to an A4 printer for double-sided
> > > printing so that the pages appear in all the right places?
> >
> > Can you not do it as a4 pages, reduced to 50% and done as 2 per a4 page?
> >
> > Although if I do an a5 page layout here, and then just type multiple
> > pages, I can select 2 pages per sheet on the layout tab of the print
> > dialog, and it puts 2 a5 portaits on a a4 landscape.
> >
> > If I print that is how it comes out.
>
> How does that handle page ordering for a booklet printed duplex on A4
> sheets and folded? When I last tried it, it didn't work, hence the need
> for CocoaBooklet - and now PDF Create Booklet (see my other reply).

here is the file I just made:

http://www.alienrat.co.uk/temp/pagelayout.pdf

my printer has options for how i want to duplex it, but not if you
wanted it as a 4 page book (for instance). If I wanted to do that I
would print as a5 PDFs and just split and reorganise the pages.

That is how I would do it, but your way looks better!


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Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: Elliott Roper on 9 Jun 2010 18:33
In article
<1jjubrb.1htacf9csfy23N%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>,
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:

> I am sure I have asked this before...
>
> Is there some convenient way to create a booklet of A5 pages, preferably
> in Pages, that can be sent straight to an A4 printer for double-sided
> printing so that the pages appear in all the right places?
>
> Daniele

Cheap Impostor is the best I have found. Been using it for ages.
http://www.cheapimpostor.com/

It imposes A4 pages 2-up double sided reading for folding and cutting
and binding. It deals elegantly with creep and printer bounds and stuff
which most of the others don't.

The author, Dylan McNamee, is very responsive to bug reports and he's
funny too.

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From: Andy Hewitt on 9 Jun 2010 18:48
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am sure I have asked this before...
> > > >
> > > > Is there some convenient way to create a booklet of A5 pages, preferably
> > > > in Pages, that can be sent straight to an A4 printer for double-sided
> > > > printing so that the pages appear in all the right places?
> > >
> > > Can you not do it as a4 pages, reduced to 50% and done as 2 per a4 page?
> > >
> > > Although if I do an a5 page layout here, and then just type multiple
> > > pages, I can select 2 pages per sheet on the layout tab of the print
> > > dialog, and it puts 2 a5 portaits on a a4 landscape.
> > >
> > > If I print that is how it comes out.
> >
> > How does that handle page ordering for a booklet printed duplex on A4
> > sheets and folded? When I last tried it, it didn't work, hence the need
> > for CocoaBooklet - and now PDF Create Booklet (see my other reply).
>
> here is the file I just made:
>
> http://www.alienrat.co.uk/temp/pagelayout.pdf
>
> my printer has options for how i want to duplex it, but not if you
> wanted it as a 4 page book (for instance). If I wanted to do that I
> would print as a5 PDFs and just split and reorganise the pages.
>
> That is how I would do it, but your way looks better!

Righto. So the answer was, it doesn't impose the pages, you have to do
it manually.

FWIW, my HP LJ4100 can do booklet printing internally. However, I do
find the HP software is rather poo, and I prefer to manage the
imposition before it goes to printing.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Sak Wathanasin on 10 Jun 2010 05:44
On 9 June, 23:33, Elliott Roper <nos...(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
> <1jjubrb.1htacf9csfy23N%real-not-anti-spam-addr...(a)apple-juice.co.uk>,
>
> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-addr...(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:
> > I am sure I have asked this before...
>
> > Is there some convenient way to create a booklet of A5 pages, preferably
> > in Pages, that can be sent straight to an A4 printer for double-sided
> > printing so that the pages appear in all the right places?
>
> > Daniele
>
> Cheap Impostor is the best I have found. Been using it for ages.http://www.cheapimpostor.com/
>
> It imposes A4 pages 2-up double sided reading for folding and cutting
> and binding. It deals elegantly with creep and printer bounds and stuff
> which most of the others don't.

I'll second this - worked well for me.

From: JTM on 10 Jun 2010 06:32
In article <1jjud6i.2vvov7mmv8euN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>,
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> Can you not do it as a4 pages, reduced to 50% and done as
> 2 per a4 page?

Long time since I've done it but I think reduce to 70%

John

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