Pandoc filter for booklet printing.

Pandoc filter for booklet printing.

[Daniel Wilcox]

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I'm new to pandoc and LaTeX in general so correct me if I'm headed in the 
wrong direction.
I'm using pandoc to produce booklets.  It's two sided 2up style printing 
that ends up having 4 "pages" per physical page. Generally  in  print these 
are called "signatures"  You fold them and end up with neat little 
booklets. Anyhow, It's imperative when arranging these pages for print that 
the *total* number of pages be a multiple of 4 so the imposition software 
(pdfjam) can arrange the pages for easy  folding and  stapling.   Anyhow 
I've come to ask if anyone has some direction for me.I'm pretty sure I need 
to write a  pandoc lua filter so the filter can add pages in a specific 
location (near the end) if the total number of pages isn't a multiple of 4, 
but at any rate has anyone done  this before?  I haven't been able to  find 
any information  regarding this. 

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Re: Pandoc filter for booklet printing.

[Albert Krewinkel]

Daniel Wilcox <danielwilcoxjr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm using pandoc to produce booklets.  It's two sided 2up style printing that
> ends up having 4 "pages" per physical page. Generally  in  print these are
> called "signatures"  You fold them and end up with neat little booklets.
> Anyhow, It's imperative when arranging these pages for print that the total
> number of pages be a multiple of 4 so the imposition software (pdfjam) can
> arrange the pages for easy  folding and  stapling.   Anyhow I've come to ask if
> anyone has some direction for me.I'm pretty sure I need to write a  pandoc lua
> filter so the filter can add pages in a specific location (near the end) if the
> total number of pages isn't a multiple of 4, but at any rate has anyone done
> this before?  I haven't been able to  find any information  regarding this.

Pages are not part of pandoc's document model, so this will require a
different approach. You could ask about this in a LaTeX forum, e.g.,
<https://tex.stackexchange.com>. If they know of a solution, then we can
help make it work in pandoc.

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Albert Krewinkel
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AW: Pandoc filter for booklet printing.

[denis.maier-NSENcxR/0n0]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org <pandoc-
> discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> Im Auftrag von Albert Krewinkel
> Gesendet: Freitag, 9. September 2022 18:33
> An: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
> Betreff: Re: Pandoc filter for booklet printing.
> 
> 
> Daniel Wilcox <danielwilcoxjr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > I'm using pandoc to produce booklets.  It's two sided 2up style
> > printing that ends up having 4 "pages" per physical page. Generally
> > in  print these are called "signatures"  You fold them and end up with neat
> little booklets.
> > Anyhow, It's imperative when arranging these pages for print that the
> > total number of pages be a multiple of 4 so the imposition software
> (pdfjam) can
> > arrange the pages for easy  folding and  stapling.   Anyhow I've come to ask
> if
> > anyone has some direction for me.I'm pretty sure I need to write a
> > pandoc lua filter so the filter can add pages in a specific location
> > (near the end) if the total number of pages isn't a multiple of 4, but
> > at any rate has anyone done this before?  I haven't been able to  find any
> information  regarding this.
> 
> Pages are not part of pandoc's document model, so this will require a
> different approach. You could ask about this in a LaTeX forum, e.g.,
> <https://tex.stackexchange.com>. If they know of a solution, then we can
> help make it work in pandoc.
> 

In addition to what Albert has written, you might be interested in what ConTeXt offers here. E.g.: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition

Best,
Denis


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