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Printing Book

#2862
From: Chris Osborn
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 18:52
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I have a book I'm working on in FrameMaker. All of the pages are
5.5"x8.5". I would like to print it out so that instead of getting one
page in the center of each 8.5"x11", I can get two of them on a sheet.
I'd also like to be able to print them double sided.

Does anyone know of a program that could separate the saved PostScript
from the print panel into two files that look like:

Pages.odd.ps:
	+-----+-----+
	|     |     |
	|     |     |
	|Pg 1 |Pg 3 |
	+-----+-----+
	+-----+-----+
	|     |     |
	|     |     |
	|Pg 5 |Pg 7 |
	+-----+-----+

Pages.even.ps:
	+-----+-----+
	|     |     |
	|     |     |
	|Pg 4 |Pg 2 |
	+-----+-----+
	+-----+-----+
	|     |     |
	|     |     |
	|Pg 8 |Pg 6 |
	+-----+-----+

I have over 250 pages in the book, and I'd like to be able to print it
like this so I can cut it and have it look like it will when I'm finished.

I played last night editing the PostScript that I saved from the print
panel. I manually separated it into two files that would image like I
wanted on screen, but it wouldn't print right.

Alternatively, a program that could load the FrameMaker file and print
it this way would be good too.

Thanks

-- 
Chris Osborn
Napa Valley College
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From: fozztexx@groucho.sonoma.edu (Chris Osborn)
Date: 9 Oct 92 12:52:56 CST
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