[ubuntu-in] DTP on Ubuntu

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Zaki,

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Zaki Manian <zaki at manian.org> wrote:
> Hey Ram,
>
> Does this not work? http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_make_a_booklet
>
> Would be good to know if somone had tried and failed.
>

yes it does, but its still a hack job with too many variables

first a quote from the article
"Ok, strictly speaking this is only tangentially related to Scribus,
but I think it's very useful to know. "

second it relies on the printer software and psnup utils - read the
article - ooh not friendly to a casual user at all.

and i shudder having to go through with that every time. or asking
someone (a newbie) to use this method.

Lastly - years back before i was "opensourced" and under an OS that
rhymes with "meandows 98" it was possible to do the job quite simply
but defining it in the printing options - yep that simple - however
even meandows seem to have done away with this solution , i guess it
means people having to buy more software to order their printing
style.

ram