I'm trying to use the booklet package to typeset a gathering of folios. Without the booklet package, the document would be typeset on 5.5 × 8.5 portrait pages. It's my understanding that booklet can be coaxed into placing pairs of these 5.5 × 8.5 pages side by side on 11 × 8.5 landscape pages, in the correct order for binding.
I'm having lots of problems, but I'll start with the most basic one: I can't even get booklet to output 11 × 8.5 pages.
Below is a stripped-down sample of my document. When the booklet package is removed (or passed the noprint) option, pdfLaTeX correctly outputs four 5.5 × 8.5 portrait pages:
------- ------- ------- -------
| | | | | Sam | | SAM |
| Frodo | | FRODO | | | | |
| | | | | Merry | | MERRY |
------- ------- ------- -------
When the booklet package is enabled, I expect to get two 11 × 8.5 landscape pages, something like this:
-------------- --------------
| SAM | | Sam |
| Frodo | | FRODO |
| MERRY | | Merry |
-------------- --------------
Instead, I get four 5.5 × 8.5 portrait pages:
------- ------- ------- -------
| SAM | | | | | | |
| | | FRODO | | | | |
| MERRY | | | | | | |
------- ------- ------- -------
What's going on?
Sample Code
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{color}
% page layout
\setlength{\paperwidth}{5.5in}
\setlength{\paperheight}{8.5in}
\usepackage[nohead,left=0.5in,top=0.5in,bottom=0.25in]{geometry}
% paragraph and box options
\setlength{\parindent}{0in}
\setlength{\parskip}{0in}
\setlength{\fboxsep}{0in}
\setlength{\fboxrule}{0in}
% printing
\usepackage[print,four]{booklet}
\source{\magstep0}{5.5in}{8.5in}
\target{\magstep0}{11in}{8.5in}
\setdvipstargetpages
\newcommand{\monopage}[2]{
\colorbox{magenta}{\begin{minipage}[c][7.5in]{\textwidth}
\setlength{\parskip}{16pt}
#1
\end{minipage}}
\colorbox{red}{\begin{minipage}[c][7.5in]{\textwidth}
\centering
#2
\end{minipage}}
}
\newcommand{\duopage}[4]{
\colorbox{cyan}{\begin{minipage}[c][3.75in]{\textwidth}
\setlength{\parskip}{16pt}
#1
\end{minipage}}
\colorbox{yellow}{\par\nopagebreak\begin{minipage}[c][3.75in]{\textwidth}
\setlength{\parskip}{16pt}
#3
\end{minipage}}
\colorbox{blue}{\begin{minipage}[c][3.75in]{\textwidth}
\centering
#2
\end{minipage}}
\colorbox{green}{\par\nopagebreak\begin{minipage}[c][3.75in]{\textwidth}
\centering
#4
\end{minipage}}
}
\begin{document}
% set font
\fontsize{24pt}{30pt}
\selectfont
\monopage{
Frodo
}{
FRODO
}
\duopage{
Sam
}{
SAM
}{
Merry
}{
MERRY
}
\end{document}
