Larger documents have jumbled pages when printed as booklet

Question

Larger documents have jumbled pages when printed as booklet

burtbick opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

Ubuntu 19.04
Boomaga 3.0.0

I've hit problems with larger PDF documents winding up with pages jumbled out of order when printing as booklet with auto-duplexing on an HP laser printer.

If I print double sided the same document prints fine.

Where should I start looking for the source of the problem?

Edit: Forgot to add that this typically happens maybe 100 pages into the document..and is sometimes hard to catch when initially putting the booklet together. But it definitely does happen..

Thanks,

Alexander Sokolov · Answer 1 · Fri Oct 18 2019 00:05:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

As far as I understand it happens sometimes, and sometimes this document is printed correctly right?

Perhaps the problem is related to the" Print as sub-booklets" feature. The printer may not be configured correctly.

Send me the program settings. The settings are stored in the ~/.config/boomaga/boomaga.conf file.

If you can reproduce the problem, then:

Export the document to PDF (main menu - File - export to PDF...), if PDF is jumbled, send it to me.
When the program working, it creates temporary files like:

~/.cache/boomaga-3bbfe946-2332-4855-addc-09011fca7386_001.cboo
~/.cache/boomaga-3bbfe946-2332-4855-addc-09011fca7386_002.tmp

send them to me, too.

burtbick · Answer 2 · Sat Oct 19 2019 00:03:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

boomaga.conf.txt

Thanks Alexander,

I'll have to locate one of the document files that I had issues with as it was a while ago. Once I have it I'll run a test exporting to PDF and see what it looks like, and if it is acting up then I'll send the PDF on, if not I'll package up the temp files and send those on.

Thanks,

Alexander Sokolov · Answer 3 · Sat Oct 19 2019 01:25:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I suspect that the program works correctly. But by default the sub-booklets printing function is enabled.

What does this function do? If you are printing a large document as (say 100 pages) as a booklet. The booklet will consist of 25 pages. The booklet is supposed to be folded in half. But fold 25 sheets of paper is difficult or impossible. Therefore the program prints document not as one booklet on 25 pages, but several thinner booklets.

This is configured through "Main menu -> preferences -> Print as sub-booklets" options.

Perhaps this is not obvious, and I need to disable this feature by default.

burtbick · Answer 4 · Sat Oct 19 2019 02:53:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks,That may be what is happening for sure. In my case I cut the pages and bind them so I don't typically fold any more than a few pages when booklet printing.Maybe make that option clearer, possibly default it to off but maybe a note by it describing what it does.Burt

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Boomaga/boomaga] Larger documents have jumbled pages when printed as booklet (#86) From: Alexander Sokolov <notifications@github.com> Date: Fri, October 18, 2019 1:25 pm To: Boomaga/boomaga <boomaga@noreply.github.com> Cc: burtbick <burt@burtbicksler.com>, Author <author@noreply.github.com> I suspect that the program works correctly. But by default the sub-booklets printing function is enabled. What does this function do? If you are printing a large document as (say 100 pages) as a booklet. The booklet will consist of 25 pages. The booklet is supposed to be folded in half. But fold 25 sheets of paper is difficult or impossible. Therefore the program prints document not as one booklet on 25 pages, but several thinner booklets. This is configured through "Main menu -> preferences -> Print as sub-booklets" options. Perhaps this is not obvious, and I need to disable this feature by default. —You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.