booklet format can PM help me newbie question

[johnnyv]

Hello
I ma brand new tp PageMaker, but I hope it can help me with a problem I have printing booklets

A brief description:
Currently I creating a booklet from 1 sided masters. I print these masters from a pdf then scan them into a Ricoh 1105 printer. I use the printer to manually set the changes I need made to the scanned masters and a booklet is created. This wasteful as I throw out the printed masters once they are scanned into the printer. We print and throw away 1000's of masters a year

My question:
Can PageMAster take a pdf document and convert it into a booklet format so that I can send a soft copy of the PDF in it's new booklet format straight to the printer?
If not PageMaster then perhaps another product ?

thanks for any replys

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, johnnyv,

Create your publication in PM as the reader would reader it. Then use PM's "Build booklet" utility to create yur booklet. This file can then be conveted to a PDF.

I'm not 100% familiar with the Ricoh 1105, but what has PDF got to do with it? It's B/W only isn't it? Do have it networked to your PM PC? Can you print directly from PM to the Ricoh? And doesn't it have a Booklet Maker and Stapler?

Iechyd da! John
21:46 16/09/2003 BST

 

[johnnyv]

Thanks for the reply

The Ricoh 1105's have a bookletmaker and stapling capablities and yes it is b/w

The printers are not directly available via the network. As a printer operator I can pull documents off the network and send them to the Ricoh's

As far as the why PDF's. The booklet masters are sent to my department at work(the print department) in PDF format. My boss has asked me to find a solution to our manually printing off the pdf masters. He would prefer that we send the pdf's straight to the printer. A solution has been presented to him at a cost, more than he is willing to pay. Therefore I am expected to come up with an inhouse solution.

FYI we have pre-programmed settings into the Ricohs to apply the booklet format to any scanned in masters but are unable to apply those settings to any 'soft copy' sent via a print server. A flaw in the printer if you ask me.


thanks again for your reply

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, johnnyv,

> unable to apply those settings to any 'soft copy' sent via a print server

Really? Then it looks you're snookered unless you can get hold of some appropriate imposition software, the cost of which has already frightened your boss.

> A flaw in the printer if you ask me.

So who selected the Ricoh? ;-)

Iechyd da! John
22:05 18/09/2003 BST

 

[johnnyv]

A flaw in the printer yup !!!!

So who selected the Ricoh?

good question one that gets asked on a daily basis around here. But to be fair the Ricoh 1105 printers are quite good, it the software on the box controlling the printers that is making me lose hair and sleep!! But that another discussion for another for foroum. Lets just say that if you have been running output from a mainframe to a xerox printer for 15 plus years, you will not make your life any easier or save any money moving away from Xerox!! or so I have experienced anyway

PS I didn't buy the d@#@m!!! Things

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, johnnyv,

> I didn't buy the d@#@m!!! Things

Tee-hee!

We have a Canon ImageRunner 3300 is similar to a very basic version of the Ricoh. It took us sometime to get to grips with the driver and associated software, but it works well.

The trick is to print a sample copy first - not to expect 100 copies to be perfect first time!

Iechyd da! John
14:08 20/09/2003 BST