Booklets in memoir class

Question

I was just reading this question about using pdfpages to create twoup effects in memoir. This worked great for me, but I am wondering how I can get the page order to set up a booklet, so that it can be folded in half with correct pagination. I never got the booklet code to work. Any idea?

Answer 1

The pdfpages package provides an easy way to arrange the pages of a PDF file so that it can be printed as a booklet. For two A5 pages arranged on an A4 landscape paper, the correct choice of options is

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=-,booklet,landscape]{document.pdf}
\end{document}

More information, e.g. on splitting the booklet into several signatures, can be found in the package documentation.

Answer 2

In case you want 4 on 1 layout with a booklet orientation, you can use pgfpages like this:

\documentclass{article}
% TEX.SE \url{}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{pgfpages}


\pgfpagesdeclarelayout{4 on 1 booklet}
{
  \edef\pgfpageoptionheight{\the\paperheight} 
  \edef\pgfpageoptionwidth{\the\paperwidth}
  \edef\pgfpageoptionborder{0pt}
}
{
  \pgfpagesphysicalpageoptions
  {%
    logical pages=4,%
    physical height=\pgfpageoptionheight,%
    physical width=\pgfpageoptionwidth%
  }
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.75\pgfphysicalwidth}{.25\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    rotation=180,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.75\pgfphysicalwidth}{.75\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{3}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    rotation=180,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.25\pgfphysicalwidth}{.75\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{4}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.25\pgfphysicalwidth}{.25\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
}

\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1 booklet}

\begin{document}
\lipsum
\lipsum
\lipsum
\end{document}

There is a bug in pgfpages with rotation that needs to be fixed first, though.

Answer 3

Try the booklet package.

Answer 4

say it is 4 pages, then the order would be (duplex on short edge I think)

2 3 4 1

so

\includepdf[pages={2,3,4,1},...]{file.pdf}

(or similar)