[off-topic] Special printing program needed

[Russell Steicke]

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> I would like to be able to print a long document (book, actually) with
> minimal handling for binding and paper used.  I want double-sided 4-up
> printing with the pages placed and oriented so that I can fold the A4 paper
> in quarters, cut the creases, and have the pages in correct order.
>
> Is there such a beastie?

pstops (from psutils) will do what you want, but with PostScript
files.  May require a bit of juggling to get the right options, but it
works well.

Of course, it's likely that your document is in PDF format.  pdftops
(from poppler-utils, formerly xpdf-utils) may work for you.




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