Print documents in booklet form

Mar 01, '06 06:50:00AM

Contributed by: olano

I print quite a few documents, and even when I do them double sided, I've found myself wanting a more compact form. I found the solution in a short PDF Services script. It shows up in the PDF menu of the Print dialog, and allows me to quickly and easily print any document as a 5.5x8.5 inch booklet. The reformatted document opens in Preview, and can be printed double-sided from there.

Prep:

The good stuff:
  1. Save this script as a text file named Booklet in your Library/PDF Services folder. The name you use will be the name that appears in the Print dialog's PDF menu.
  2. Modify the script as indicated for the location of your xpdf and pdflatex.
  3. Make the script executable by typing the following in Terminal: chmod a+x "Library/PDF Services/Booklet"
That's it; you should now be able to print booklets.

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