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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:	DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:	New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)
Moderator:	CLOSET::ADLER

Created:	Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	897
Total number of notes:	4397

750.0. "Two sided pages." by HYMM::WOODALL (I Think ICON, I Think ICON) Tue Aug 04 1987 18:48

    If there a way in DOCUMENT to force a blank page (perhaps with a
    page number) to be printed when a chapter ends on an odd page?
    (like \cleardoublepage in LaTeX.)
    
    This would allow the document to be removed from the printer and
    duplicated two sided without the insertion of blank pages by hand.
    
    Secondly, is there any document style that alternates left and
    right page margins to allow punched paper to be used?

    Thanks,
    
    David.

    (If these are addressed elsewhere in this conference or in the
    documentation, Please provide pointers. I've looked and cannot find
    any help.)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
750.1	None so far.	VAXUUM::DEVRIES	M.D. -- your Device Doctor	`Wed Aug 05 1987 11:23`	13
	These features do not currently exist. They have been discussed elsewhere in this conference (somewhere) as additions to the wishlist for the "next" version. Such features are high-priority for the FOCUS Demand Printing project. They have been hacking up a workaround for PostScript output as part of their pilot project, so we know these things are easy to do on the output side. Somewhat tricker is figuring out all the desirable combinations and the "generic" ways of expressing those. Topic 309.* contains a short discussion of this topic. --Mark
750.2	workaround ideas?	RDCV02::FSL	Rob Aldridge	`Wed Aug 05 1987 13:35`	21
	re: alternating left/right margin widths How about some ideas to work around this problem...? For documents that aren't being typeset and "sent to the print shop," what methods are people using to line up the front/back pages? I'm looking for either manual procedures or other "hacks." Surely there's many users out there who use LN03 output and a two-sided copier to produce their final drafts... Regards, Rob Aldridge [working on a project that doesn't have the funds to send all the documentation to the print shop, but still wants quality output!]
750.3	some big copiers have Image Shift feature	DECWET::HUNT	Liz Hunt	`Thu Aug 06 1987 17:12`	9
	re: alternating left/right margin widths I don't have any ideas on alterations you can make while processing your file, but I have had luck with a fancy feature on our big copier. Our Xerox 1090 has an "image shift" feature, which allows you to request that left-hand pages of 2-sided copies be shifted 1/10" - 8/10" from the right side of the page. I still have to insert necessary blank pages in certain places, but it makes life a lot easier when copying my review drafts.