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Whining - printers and stuff.
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" on Fri, 9 Mar 2018
02:15:57 +0000 typed in alt.windows7.general the following: In message , Monty writes: On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 17:20:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , pyotr filipivich writes: [] The other issues is "minutia". I had several go rounds with tech support over the question "Does WP X8 have the option to print a brochure in 'booklets', that is to break up a 32 page document into two 16 page booklets suitable for binding." [] When you mentioned booklets, that reminded me of another thing that still seems ra the ability in printer drivers to print half-size with suitable page sorting. What I mean is - for a 4-page item, printing [1|4] then [2|3], so if printed on a single full-size sheet both sided, you can then fold it in half and have the document as a booklet - or for 8 sides, [1|8], [2|7], [3|6], [4|5] - or, if you _don't_ have a duplex printer, [1|8], [3|6], [4|5], [2|7] so you can print one side then put the stack back into the printer the other way up. Recent versions of the Adobe Acrobat reader can I think do this (not sure about the non-duplex option), but of course only for .pdf files; sure, you could print to .pdf then use it, but that's tedious. _Some_ duplex printer drivers do include it, but virtually no simplex ones. I remember long ago finding software that did it, but that wasn't free, but moderately expensive. Would that have been Fineprint? I used that product frequently in a past life but haven't needed it in the past few years. I found it to be excellent for booklets. I think it was. I had a trial version, that I think only did a limited number of pages, and may have watermarked. Looked as if it'd have been good if I'd had the need, to buy it. As for WordPerfect, as pyotr mentioned, I'm not surprised: it was always ahead of Word. But the half-size thing really needs to be in the printer driver, so it can be used with anything, not just WP/Adobe/Word. What I'm looking for is a full up imposition software. That's where not only can it print four pages to a sheet (1,2 - 7,8 on sheet one) but eight pages to a sheet, so that when folded length wise you have all the pages in proper order. Because some of the pages are "printed" upside down. It is confusing enough when you have a sheet of paper in front of you B-). Every so often, I contemplate getting my own printing press so that I can do it "really old school." tschus pyotr -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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