Thanks for the reply, Rick -- Actually, I found what I needed in a package called psutils (it shares a name with the /proc related psutils, so watch that). It includes a tool called psbook that create the signatures as fast as I hit the Enter key, and another for putting the pages 2-up on a single sheet. I may be mistaken, but it appears that mpage works with text files only (putting them x-up on a Postscript page)? My originals are in Postscript. Here's what I'm doing, in case anyone's interested in doing something similar: I have a directory stored in a Visual FoxPro database (I'm doing this on a volunteer basis, and if I ever give it up it must be portable to someone else's box -- which will probably *not* be running Linux). It must be printed in booklet form. VFP is to the best of my knowledge incapable of printing signatures. So what I'm doing is printing the thing out to a Postscript file so that I can then make the conversion in Linux. Very smooth, very easy. Others may share my former ignorance, so I'll share this: I was hard put for awhile when contemplating this, because I could find no way to get VFP to output a Postscript file. Solution: install any (almost any? not sure; I picked one at random) Postscript printer in Windows, but instead of picking an LPT port to print to, pick FILE. Then, when you print, it will prompt you for a filename to save the thing to, and it chunks it out as a Postscript file (which you can then take over to Linux to manipulate). Thanks again, Fred -----Original Message----- From: Rick Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Fred W. Noltie Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 12:13 Subject: Re: Postscript: convert to booklet signatures? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Greetings, > >> I have a Postscript document that is set up as regular-size portrait >> pages. Is there a utility that can take this document and format it >> for printing out as a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 booklet -- i.e., setting up the >> signatures properly so that when it's printed, all I have to do is >> fold & staple? > >> Really, I'm more interested in getting the signatures set up >> correctly. I can resize the document pages to print on a half-sheet >> if that is necessary. > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Fred > >Fred, you might be able to do this with mpage (try "man mpage"). The -O & -E >options will print based on 4 page sets. You'll have to experiment with >different margin & indent settings, and possibly reverse the pages to get it >to work, but it pretty much does what you're asking for. > >I'd experiment with a small (about 8 page) document, save the settings that >work in your profile, and then print the document you're trying to print as a >booklet. > >Best! > rickf >-- >Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Opera: Greek word meaning "death by music". > --Anonymous > > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
