Step 5: Print, fold, bind…
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- Cut the cards.
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- Cut the stack of paper, to get several stacks.
- Fold each stack of paper (once).
- Bind each stack of paper you got, separately.
If option group is set, follow the steps above, but at step 3, instead of folding each stack of paper at once, fold as many pages as specified by the group option. Then, at step 4, bind the quires together, like a hardcover book.
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- Cut the stack of paper, to get several stacks.
- Stack the several stacks you got on top of each other (take care to keep the pages in the right order).
- Fold the big stack of paper sheets.
- Bind it.
If option group is set, at step 3, instead of stacking all the paper sheets together, stack as many sheets as specified by the group option. Then, at step 5, bind the quires together, like a hardcover book.
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- Separately fold each sheet of paper, and stack them.
- Bind them.
If option group is set, follow the steps above, but at step 2, instead of separately folding each stack of paper, fold together as many sheets as specified by the group option.
This command only perform imposition of the front of your fanzine. It is your job to print the poster on the back.
- Print the resulting PDF one-sided.
- Cut the paper between the medium pages, as shown above.
- Fold the paper by (1) placing pages 1 and 2 back to back, and (2) placing each even page against the next one.
- Print the resulting PDF, one-sided or two-sided, cut it or don't cut it, and so on, depending on what you had in mind.
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- if there is two source pages on each destination page, fold all your sheets at once;
- otherwise, separately fold each sheet of paper, and insert them into each other;
- Bind them.
If option group is set, follow the steps above, but at step 2, instead of separately folding each stack of paper, fold together as many sheets as specified by the group option.
- Print the resulting PDF two-sided (binding on the left).
- Cut the stack of paper.
- Stack the different stacks onto each other (be careful to the page numbers).
- Bind it.
FAQ
- the PDF files you upload (for an hour; see next question);
- anonymous daily statistics (such as today, XXX files have been processed, totalizing XXX Mb..
- Short answer: Do not upload here anything you would not want to be public.
- Long answer: Nobody will look to the files you upload. However:
- technically, I (the author and maintainer of this website) have access to everything you upload (but I won't bother reading it);
- although I did my best, there might be security issues, and your files might be publicly accessible without my knowledge;
- malicious hackers might try and gain access to the server.
- install this webserver locally and run it from your computer;
- locally install the underlying tools (pdfimpose and pdfautonup). However, as far as I know, no one bothered to build a graphical user interface to them, so you will need to know a bit of command line to use them.
- Short answer: NO!
- Long answer: I suck at designing easy-to-use applications. I spent ages coding this website, and I would spend hours to implement a tiny improvement. So I probably won't do it. However, if you can do it, I will be happy to merge your pull-request.
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