tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (04/02/91)
We have heard of a whole bunch of utilities which translate ASCII text into PostScript output suitable for printing one-up, two-up, four-up and so forth. What I want to know is, do any of these support two-up printing in SIGNATURE ORDER? That is, <Pass 1> p16 ... p1 p14 ... p3 p12 ... p5 p10 ... p7 (put paper back into tray) <Pass 2> p8 ... p9 p6 ... p11 p4 ... p13 p2 ... p15 so that the resulting two-pass output can be folded and stapled along the midline and read as a "book"? If anyone has this, let me know... otherwise I have to write it AGAIN and I *hate* writing software :-)
walker@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Rick Walker) (04/03/91)
/ hpl-opus:alt.sources.wanted / tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) / 4:43 pm Apr 1, 1991 / > We have heard of a whole bunch of utilities which translate ASCII text > into PostScript output suitable for printing one-up, two-up, four-up and > so forth. > > What I want to know is, do any of these support two-up printing in > SIGNATURE ORDER? That is, > > so that the resulting two-pass output can be folded and stapled along > the midline and read as a "book"? ------- On a related note, I've been looking for something that would print pages so that I could take the double-side output, fold the paper in half three times, staple, trim off the outside folds, and end up with a pocket-sized address book. For a sixteen page book, you need one double-side page that is printed thusly: Side one: Side two: --------------------------------- --------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5U | 12U | 9U | 8U | | 7U | 10U | 11U | 6U | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------- --------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4R | 13R | 16R | 1R | | 2R | 15R | 14R | 3R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------- --------------------------------- "U" stands for upside down text. "R" stands for right-side up text. The orientation is such that 3R is printed behind 4R, and 2R behind 1R, etc... Something this size would fit into a 3x5" standard datebook or address book and would make it easy to update your addresses from your computer database. ---- Rick Walker walker@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com