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Re: Printing two A5 pages to A4

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> To get your problem solved, you have two choices:
> (1) set up your pages for A4 size and - if needed - make sure to print full 
> bleed.
> (2) program your imposition in PostScript (which is much mor an effort).

Your second suggestion was my first idea before posting my question. But
according to `5001.DSC_Spec.pdf' on page 7:

»Use of the document structuring conventions not only helps assure that
a document is device independent, it allows PostScript language programs
to communicate their document structure and printing requirements to
document managers in a way that does not affect the PostScript language
page description.«

It's quite easy to do something like this:

/Pages 8 def
Pages {
  ...
} repeat

But then I loose the ability to place the corresponding `%%Page:'
comments within my PostScript program. I need an external script (e.g.
bash) for this task. Also the setting of `/PageSize' in my program
contradicts *device independence*. That's why I thought CUPS should be
the document manager. But besides the problem with the page size, CUPS
also can not deliver the intended sequence of pages (or I missed something).

Maybe I should give `psutils' a try...


G.

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Printing two A5 pages to A4 Gerhard Trummer <gtrum@gmail.com> - 2012-05-04 18:29 +0200
  Re: Printing two A5 pages to A4 Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org> - 2012-05-04 20:44 +0200
    Re: Printing two A5 pages to A4 Gerhard Trummer <gtrum@gmail.com> - 2012-05-05 08:05 +0200
      Re: Printing two A5 pages to A4 Gerhard Trummer <gtrum@gmail.com> - 2012-05-08 01:04 +0200

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