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From: Prophetess on 8 Oct 2009 10:49
now I clicked on my print and it was not in my preferences HOWEVER

http://www.anu.edu.au/anugreen/files/511_double_sided_printing.pdf

this shows you how to add it in if your printer allows it...I have no
idea if this is helping you, but hope it is, if you figure it out let
us know...

From: Goulafra on 8 Oct 2009 11:02
Le Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03:02 +0000, pete a écrit :

> I'm looking for a free package that would let me print books on my
> inkjet. The basic problem is this would need to print 2 sheets on the
> side of each page and to know about the order the pages would come out
> when printed double sided.
>
> Anyone know?

Make a PDF file, then, with Adobe Reader, print it with the option
"booklet".
From: HeyBub on 8 Oct 2009 12:02
pete wrote:
> I'm looking for a free package that would let me print
> books on my inkjet. The basic problem is this would need
> to print 2 sheets on the side of each page and to know
> about the order the pages would come out when printed
> double sided.
>
> Anyone know?

Books? Or booklets?

For books, print odd-numbered pages on one side, flip the stack, and print
even-numbered pages on the reverse.

Cut off the excess and perfect bind.

For booklets, one way is printing four times, adjusting the margins for each
odd-even page. That is, odd-numbered pages are printed (landscape) with a 6"
left margin and a 1/2" right margin. Even numbered pages have a 1/2" left
margin and a 6" right one. Your measurements may vary.

A third way is to print each page on a separate sheet, cut them out,
rubber-cement them to a backing page and Xerox the whole shebang (or take
them to a MinuteMan, KwikCopy, or UPS store).


From: Susan Bugher on 8 Oct 2009 13:09
pete wrote:

> I'm looking for a free package that would let me print
> books on my inkjet. The basic problem is this would need
> to print 2 sheets on the side of each page and to know
> about the order the pages would come out when printed
> double sided.

If you already have OpenOffice.org (or some other office suite) check
the print options - or try this app:

Program: yBook
Company: Spacejock Software
Author: Simon Haynes
Ware: (Freeware)
http://www.spacejock.com/
Read and print ebooks.
See this page for a screenshot of the book printing interface:
http://www.spacejock.com/yBook_Screens.html

http://www.spacejock.com/DownloadsSJ.html
<q>
System Requirements:
Visual Basic 6 runtimes (included in the installer)
Any version of Windows, right back to Win 95. (e.g. Win95, Win98, Win2K,
XP, Vista, etc)
Hardware: if you're running Windows, you can run my programs.
Vista users should read these additional comments.
Linux users: This app installs and run under Wine, at least on Ubuntu 7.10
</q>

current version 1.5.32
http://www.spacejock.com/files/ybkfull.exe
3569 KB

Susan
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From: pete on 8 Oct 2009 18:55
On 08 Oct 2009 15:02:11 GMT, Goulafra wrote:
> Le Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03:02 +0000, pete a écrit :
>
>> I'm looking for a free package that would let me print books on my
>> inkjet. The basic problem is this would need to print 2 sheets on the
>> side of each page and to know about the order the pages would come out
>> when printed double sided.
>>
>> Anyone know?
>
> Make a PDF file, then, with Adobe Reader, print it with the option
> "booklet".

That got me thinking. I'm actually using Foxit reader for PDFs. it has
the ability to shrink 2 pages and print them side by side on an A4 sheet.
It looks like if I set this up, then select print "Odd pages in[sic] only"
it prints half the document. Then flip the pages that were printed back
into the printer's feeder and print the rest with "Even pages in only"
that does it. .... Except I messed up and flipped the paper the wrong
way up, so the pages on the "back" side are upside down :-).
Still, a little experimentation and it looks promising. Thanks for the
pointers.
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