[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 107936] [KDE4] multiple pages on one sheet not in right order

[Kurt Pfeifle]

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|multiple pages on one sheet |[KDE4] multiple pages on one
                   |not in right order          |sheet not in right order



------- Additional Comments From pfeifle kde org  2007-01-13 08:57 -------

If the number-up layout is done by CUPS... there are (since quite some time) these options available for sorting:

  (a)  -o number-up-layout=btlr    ; Bottom to top, left to right
  (b)  -o number-up-layout=btrl    ; Bottom to top, right to left
  (c)  -o number-up-layout=lrbt    ; Left to right, bottom to top
  (d)  -o number-up-layout=lrtb    ; Left to right, top to bottom (default)
  (e)  -o number-up-layout=rlbt    ; Right to left, bottom to top
  (f)  -o number-up-layout=rltb    ; Right to left, top to bottom
  (g)  -o number-up-layout=tblr    ; Top to bottom, left to right
  (h)  -o number-up-layout=tbrl    ; Top to bottom, right to left

This certainly is a feature we should support properly in the GUI. For now, if you need full control, follow this procedure:

  --> Do *not* select number-up in the GUI (!!)
  --> Instead, insert the wanted number-up details in the "Additional Tags" tab.

Note, you will not see the number-up layout in the print preview, because the layouting happens later in the printpath, once the job has reached the realm of CUPS.

You can even control wether there should be drawn borders around the frames, and which style:

  (a)  -o page-border=double       ; draw two hairline borders around each page
  (b)  -o page-border=double-thick ; draw two 1pt borders around each page
  (c)  -o page-border=none         ; do not draw a border (default)
  (d)  -o page-border=single       ; draw one hairline border around each page
  (e)  -o page-border=single-thick ; draw one 1pt border around each page
 
I printed an 8 page document from KWord, using these n-up settings:

  --> number-up=9
  --> number-up-layout=tblr

Now look at the screenshots:

  * http://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=19266&action=edit
    (Setting kprinter on "Additional Tags" tab for layout-control in n-up printing)

  * http://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=19268&action=edit
    (8-page KWord document in 9-up in "top-to-bottom, left-to-right" layout)

  * http://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=19269&action=edit
    (8-page KWord document in 9-up in "top-to-bottom, right-to-left" layout)

As you can see, it worked exactly as expected.

Cheers,
Kurt