From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35090 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "luigi scarso" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Wierd problem. Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:18 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200706231430.07530.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182627999 21029 80.91.229.12 (23 Jun 2007 19:46:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:46:39 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 23 21:46:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I2BZ6-00050C-TJ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09634200AC; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21477-01; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19928200A5; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04047200A5 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20009-03-7 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86A1200A2 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:46:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1011362uge for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.78.180.16 with SMTP id c16mr2034815huf.1182627978366; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.78.194.13 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:46:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200706231430.07530.john@wexfordpress.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:35090 Archived-At: On 6/23/07, John R. Culleton wrote: > On another list a listmate proposes to print a book in two copies side > by side. The page size is 5.5 x 8.5 in. He wants to print two copies > on his laser printer. He wants two impressions of page one side by > side on letter paper, with two copies of page two on the reverse side > etc. for 200 pages. Then he will guillotine the stack making two > copies of the book. > > But wait, it gets worse. He is not resetting the book but has a pdf > file as his source. I and others suggested the usual bit of using > PSUtils to set four pages per sheet and folding them etc. but he > doesn't want to get into folding. He has a guillotine and a binder. > He doesn't have a folder. > > So, given a pdf file of a 5.5 x 8.5 book as a starting point, is there > a sensible way to massage the pdf or its PS equvalent in a way to > give him what he wants? He is on an Ubuntu system. He asked his > question on the Scribus list. If I understand well, why not something like %% %% set here papersize, pagenumbers, margins and so on %% \starttext \dorecurse{200}{% \hbox{% \externalfigure[book.pdf][page=\recurselevel]% \externalfigure[book.pdf][page=\recurselevel] }\page} \stoptext -- luigi ---------------------------------------------------------------- If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________