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From: "roger day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Self-publication: pagination
I hate MS Publisher with a vengeance - counter-intuitive but it Came With
The Computer... aaarrcgh. I think it's quite costly if you buy it
seperately - you might want to look at Quark?
>>>>>>Quark costs over £1000 per copy!!!!
Using MS publisher and a HP printer, I can do double sided printing - just.
It screws up if I do runs of more than 5 at time; as a result, I'm currently
sitting at the PC and printing booklets off One At a Time. Nyuck.
>>>>>>Not Publisher to blame, but Hewlett-Packard's notorious printer
drivers!!!!
What I really want to do is this:-
render the poetry in XML
use an XSLT style-sheet and XSP-FO (Formatting Object) to produce a PDF
file.
I already do this, somewhat, in HTML for the CCCP website, where the old
CCCP reviews get transferred to XML then I run it through the Xalan XSLT
processor with an XSLT processor, and the HTML is produced as a result. I
side step the matter of formatting by having a standard set of
Style-sheets - one for the site, one for the reviews, one for each review
and one for each page, so the HTML formating object isn't there but it
works.
The other reason I jump through the hoops is that I hope to produce the CCCP
website in different formats - WAP, for example.
Now, all I have to do is find out how to print PDFs double-sided, get a
decent Duplex laser printer and I'll be there :-) Does any one know anything
about printing PDF's?
>>>>>>I have no problems with the HP2200 Laserjet. About £650 inc. Vat. in
its cheapest incarnation. Automatically prints double-sided from anything,
including Acrobat Reader 4, if properties are set up correctly.
Regards, Roger (Collett)
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