* Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing
@ 2009-02-22 15:00 John Devereux
2009-02-23 9:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: John Devereux @ 2009-02-22 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi,
I would like to use texexec to post-process a large pdf file, so as to
prepare it for double sided printing. The existing file has a large
left hand "margin" on each page, so as to allow binding.
I would like to change this so that odd (right) pages have a large
left margin, and even (left) pages a large right margin.
I don't want to put 2 pages on one output sheet - although the ability
to fine-tune the scaling might be useful.
I have experimented with plenty of combinations of
texexec --pdfarrange
...but I am not getting anywhere.
Any suggestions appreciated. I am on debian and there are plenty of
other pdf tools, but none of these seem quite right either. It would
seem a common enough requirement but nothing quite works!
Thanks,
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* Re: Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing
2009-02-22 15:00 Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing John Devereux
@ 2009-02-23 9:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-02-23 17:04 ` John Devereux
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2009-02-23 9:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 22.02.2009 um 16:00 schrieb John Devereux:
> I would like to use texexec to post-process a large pdf file, so as to
> prepare it for double sided printing. The existing file has a large
> left hand "margin" on each page, so as to allow binding.
>
> I would like to change this so that odd (right) pages have a large
> left margin, and even (left) pages a large right margin.
\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
\setuplayout[horoffset=1cm]
\setuplayout[page]
\starttext
\copypages[document]
\stoptext
you can add this to the wiki.
Wolfgang
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* Re: Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing
2009-02-23 9:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2009-02-23 17:04 ` John Devereux
2009-02-23 17:51 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: John Devereux @ 2009-02-23 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> writes:
> Am 22.02.2009 um 16:00 schrieb John Devereux:
>
>> I would like to use texexec to post-process a large pdf file, so as to
>> prepare it for double sided printing. The existing file has a large
>> left hand "margin" on each page, so as to allow binding.
>>
>> I would like to change this so that odd (right) pages have a large
>> left margin, and even (left) pages a large right margin.
>
> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
> \setuplayout[horoffset=1cm]
> \setuplayout[page]
> \starttext
> \copypages[document]
> \stoptext
Thanks, that's great!
Is there an easy way to compensate for the original offset? The
original pdf has a large left margin and a small right one.
> you can add this to the wiki.
Will do.
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* Re: Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing
2009-02-23 17:04 ` John Devereux
@ 2009-02-23 17:51 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-02-23 19:47 ` John Devereux
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2009-02-23 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Am 23.02.2009 um 18:04 schrieb John Devereux:
> Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Am 22.02.2009 um 16:00 schrieb John Devereux:
>>
>>> I would like to use texexec to post-process a large pdf file, so
>>> as to
>>> prepare it for double sided printing. The existing file has a large
>>> left hand "margin" on each page, so as to allow binding.
>>>
>>> I would like to change this so that odd (right) pages have a large
>>> left margin, and even (left) pages a large right margin.
>>
>> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>> \setuplayout[horoffset=1cm]
>> \setuplayout[page]
>> \starttext
>> \copypages[document]
>> \stoptext
>
> Thanks, that's great!
>
> Is there an easy way to compensate for the original offset? The
> original pdf has a large left margin and a small right one.
Replace 'page' with the name of your document.
\setuplayout[page]
\starttext
\getfiguredimensions[pages]
\dorecurse\noffigurepages
{\hbox to \textwidth
{\ifodd\recurselevel
\hskip-2cm\externalfigure[pages][page=\recurselevel]\hss
\else
\hskip-1cm\externalfigure[pages][page=\recurselevel]\hss
\fi}}
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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* Re: Using texexec to prepare single-sided PDF for double-sided printing
2009-02-23 17:51 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2009-02-23 19:47 ` John Devereux
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From: John Devereux @ 2009-02-23 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> writes:
> Am 23.02.2009 um 18:04 schrieb John Devereux:
>
>> Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Am 22.02.2009 um 16:00 schrieb John Devereux:
>>>
>>>> I would like to use texexec to post-process a large pdf file, so
>>>> as to
>>>> prepare it for double sided printing. The existing file has a large
>>>> left hand "margin" on each page, so as to allow binding.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to change this so that odd (right) pages have a large
>>>> left margin, and even (left) pages a large right margin.
>>>
>>> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>>> \setuplayout[horoffset=1cm]
>>> \setuplayout[page]
>>> \starttext
>>> \copypages[document]
>>> \stoptext
>>
>> Thanks, that's great!
>>
>> Is there an easy way to compensate for the original offset? The
>> original pdf has a large left margin and a small right one.
>
>
> Replace 'page' with the name of your document.
>
> \setuplayout[page]
>
> \starttext
>
> \getfiguredimensions[pages]
>
> \dorecurse\noffigurepages
> {\hbox to \textwidth
> {\ifodd\recurselevel
> \hskip-2cm\externalfigure[pages][page=\recurselevel]\hss
> \else
> \hskip-1cm\externalfigure[pages][page=\recurselevel]\hss
> \fi}}
>
> \stoptext
Thanks Wolfgang, I got that to work perfectly. I had to fiddle around with
it, I put the result on the Wiki
<http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Including_pages_from_PDF_document>
(Please move/amend as appropriate)
% replace "Manual" with the name of your original pdf
\define\MySingleSidedDocument{Manual}
% can adjust topspace to move page etc
\setuplayout[\MySingleSidedDocument,topspace=1cm,header=0cm,backspace=0cm]
% suppress page numbering
\setuppagenumbering[location=]
\starttext
\getfiguredimensions[\MySingleSidedDocument]
\dorecurse\noffigurepages
{\hbox to \textwidth
{\ifodd\recurselevel
%adjust number to set odd page horizontal position
\hskip-0.1cm\externalfigure[\MySingleSidedDocument][page=\recurselevel]\hss
\else
%adjust number to set even page horizontal position
\hskip-1.8cm\externalfigure[\MySingleSidedDocument][page=\recurselevel]\hss
\fi}}
\stoptext
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