1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" 2 type="topic" style="task" 3 id="singlesided-npage"> 4 5 <info> 6 <link type="guide" xref="print-booklet#singleSided"/> 7 8 <desc>Print a booklet with n pages.</desc> 9 <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/> 10 <credit type="author"> 11 <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name> 12 <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email> 13 </credit> 14 <license> 15 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> 16 </license> 17 18 </info> 19 20<title>n-page booklet</title> 21 <note style="important"> 22 <p> 23 <em>n</em> is a multiple of 4. 24 </p> 25 </note> 26 <p> 27 If the number of pages in your PDF document is not a multiple of 4, you should add the appropriate number of blank pages (1, 2 or 3) to make it a multiple of 4. 28 To do so, you can: 29 </p> 30 <steps> 31 <item> 32 <p> 33 Create a blank PDF using <app>LibreOffice Writer</app>. 34 </p> 35 </item> 36 <item> 37 <p> 38 Merge the blank pages with your PDF document using <app>PDF-Shuffler</app> placing the blank pages at the end. 39 </p> 40 </item> 41</steps> 42 43 <p> 44 To print: 45 </p> 46 <steps> 47 <item> 48 <p> 49 Go to <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button. 50 </p> 51 </item> 52 <item> 53 <p> 54 Choose the <gui>General</gui> tab. 55 </p> 56 <p> 57 Under <em>Range</em>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>. 58 </p> 59 <tree> 60 <item> 61 Type the numbers of the pages in this order: 62 <item>n, 1, 2, n-1, n-2, 3, 4, n-3, n-4, 5, 6, n-5, n-6, 7, 8, n-7, n-8, 9, 10, n-9, n-10, 11, 12, n-11...</item> 63 <item>...until you have typed n-number of pages.</item> 64 </item> 65 </tree> 66 </item> 67 <item> 68 <p> 69 Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab. 70 </p> 71 <p> 72 Under <em>Layout</em>, in the <gui>Two-sided</gui> menu, select <gui>One Sided</gui>. 73 </p> 74 <p> 75 In the <gui>Pages per side</gui> menu, select <gui>2</gui>. 76 </p> 77 <p> 78 In the <gui>Page ordering</gui> menu, select <gui>Left to right</gui>. 79 </p> 80 <p> 81 In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Odd sheets</gui>. 82 </p> 83 </item> 84 <item> 85 <p> 86 Click <gui>Print</gui>. 87 </p> 88 </item> 89 <item> 90 <p> 91 When all the pages have printed, flip the pages over and place them back in the printer. 92 </p> 93 </item> 94 <item> 95 <p> 96 Go to <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button. 97 </p> 98 </item> 99 <item> 100 <p> 101 Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab. 102 </p> 103 <p> 104 In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Even sheets</gui>. 105 </p> 106 </item> 107 <item> 108 <p> 109 Click <gui>Print</gui>. 110 </p> 111 </item> 112 </steps> 113</page> 114