Converting PS files into booklets
Post date: 16-Oct-2009 22:12:59
Depite one of the most used format of documents is PDF, there is another very useful format, PostScript or PS (for short).
Each of them has its benefits,
- Usually PS's are lighter
- PDF's accept JPG figures (if you are writing in LaTeX)
- PS' use PSTricks (much powerful than PDFTricks)... so on and so forth.
When one compiles a .tex file with LaTeX, a .dvi file is obtain.
[> latex file.tex
[> latex file.tex
(the second compilation is to avoid mislabeling)
To transform the DVI file into a PS one, one uses,
[> dvips file.dvi
Now, one can see the PostScript file using GhostView, Okular or Evince,
[> evince file.ps &
In order to convert the PS into a booklet, the first step is to intercalate in the right way the pages, for this the command is
[> psbook file.ps outputfile.ps
And finally, one'd like to have the booklet format by putting 2-pages together,
[> psnup -2 outputfile.ps Booklet.ps
Now the booklet is finished, again use evince for seeing it.
Enjoy!
Dox.