Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Date: 2003-12-01 13:34:13 PST

> Is it possible to print a PDF file as a booklet or, rather, as a
> book? I have the documentation file for the memoir class,
> memman.pdf, and I would like to print it as a book, i.e. page 1-16
> as a separate booklet, 17-32 as a booklet etc. How can the printer
> be instructed to order the pages appropriately and possibly even
> reduce them in size to fit on a landscape A4-page?

pdftops memman.pdf memman.ps
psresize -P letter -p a4 memman.ps memman-a4.ps
psbook -s16 memman-a4.ps memman-signatures.ps

What I'd do is grab the source file, add "a4paper" to the class options, and build a real A4 version. Then send either a PS or PDF file to your printer and have them sort out the signatures.

Philipp Lehman