0024P@NAVPGS.BITNET (Rex Shudde) (03/25/91)
The following was submitted to TeXhax some time ago, but has yet to
appear. I'm now submitting it to INFO-TeX in the hope of learning how
to proceed. I apologize for any duplication. Thank you.
Is anybody familiar with Peter Sawatzki's dvi2dvi routine? I have the
following observations and questions about its use and would appreciate
any available help:
I have recently obtained a copy of dvi2dvi from Jon Radel's catalog of
TeX related MSDOS programs. My primary problem is to make 5.5 x 8.5 inch
booklets on the U.S. standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper stock. I have set
\hsize=4.5truein, \vsize=7.0truein, \hoffset=-0.5truein and
\voffset=-0.5truein so that the margins will be 0.5 inches (the strange
\vsize was obtained by experimentation so that my \footline would be
reasonably placed on the page---but a little fine tuning is still in
order). I compile booklet.tex with the \magnification set to \magstep0 to
make the booklet.dvi file. Then I run a .bat file containing the two
lines:
dvi2dvi 4:-1,2(5.5in,0in) booklet zzz1
dvi2dvi 4:-3,0(5.5in,0in) booklet zzz2
When I print zzz1.dvi and zzz2.dvi in landscape mode, everything is just
as it should be---beautiful.
The problem arises when the *only* change I make is to replace \magstep0
by \magstep1. The new booklet.dvi file has margins which are identical to
the original .dvi file, so there is no problem there. But when I run
dvi2dvi (same .bat file as above), the left hand side of the page is
exactly as it should be, but the right hand side has been shifted
slightly more than one inch to the right and thus some information falls
off of the sheet. I don't understand why dvi2dvi should be \magstep#
sensitive when the booklet.dvi file was not.
Unfortunately I don't read German and so there maybe something in the
original instructions that I'm not using. The two lines from the .bat
file were found in Tom Rockiki's instructions for dvidvi and I just took
a chance that they would also be compatible with dvi2dvi and, at least at
\magstep0, they seem to be. Is there and English translation of the
original instructions? And perhaps someone could tell me what the proper
setup would be that works with both \magstep0 and \magstep1.
Many thanks,
Rex
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