[pdftex] producing a5 booklets from a4

[Rolf Niepraschk]

Kester Clegg wrote:
 > Hi
 >
 > I product a5 booklets from pdflatex produced a4 pdf using texexec
 > utility, e.g.
 >
 > texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up
 >
 > However, this does not achieve the correct typesetting of the page
 > layout in a book format, in the way psbook used to.  That is, left-hand
 > pages are placed too far over to the righthand edge, the binding edge.
 > Thus on opening a booklet, the typeset pages are unequally placed with
 > regard to the centre binding.  Is there a cure for this, and why does it
 > happen?  Translating the files to ps and using an oldfashioned pipe like
 >
 > psbook|psnup -2l
 >
 > produces the same result.  latex produced ps works fine with the tools.
 > Are there any pdf utilities that can help me produce properly formatted
 > a5 booklets from a4 pdf?
 >

Have a look at the LaTeX package `pdfpages'...

...Rolf



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