CocoaBooklet

This program lets you create a booklet out of a PDF file, which is known as pages imposition. It is a useful tool to reduce the number of pages that has to be printed, which lets you save a lot of paper.

A booklet is book that is bound in the middle. Which means that a booklet has four pages printed on one sheet of paper (two on each sides). If you have for example a PDF file with 8 pages, you booklet will look like this:

• First sheet, first side: pages 8 and 1
• First sheet, second side: pages 2 and 7
• Second sheet, first side: pages 6 and 3
• Second sheet, second side: pages 4 and 5

The bottom line is that you simply print your booklet, staple it by the middle, fold it in two and you have a book:

This is also known as "imposition".

CocoaBooklet also lets you create a minibooklet. This is especially useful for printers that cannot print on both sides. What you will get is this:

PDF Service

CocoaBooklet lets you use it as a PDF service. This is only available for MacOS X 10.2.4 and above.

Once this is done, try printing a document (from your favorite browser or text editor or whatever). On the print window, you will find an button with a PDF icon in it, if you click on this button you will have the opportunity of creating a PDF file but also to directly create a booklet:

For more information about PDF services you can follow this link.

History
(DD/MM/YY)

2.0.4 (07/03/2006)

• Bugfix: under certain conditions, the PDF Service didn't work
• Interface and help corrected to mirror the change in the way the PDF Service works

2.0.3 (06/03/2006)

• New PDF Service, not an alias anymore, should be more reliable especially when moving the application.
• New PDF Service should now work with MacIntels
• Should fix the crashing occuring after a process
• Interface fix: Do not flip even pages
• Other minor bug fixes

2.0.2 (20/02/2006)

• Cropped PDF documents now correctly sized
• Hopefully fixed some problems related to Java 1.5
• DIN A4 dimensions now correct
• Other minor bugfixes
2.0.1 (24/01/2006)
• Universal Binary ! (thanks to D. Kocher of Cyberduck)
• Many small bugfixes

2.0 (19/01/06)

• Brand new PDF engine, faster processing, smaller files, better PDF support
• Much better control on the page layout
• Ability to create a double-sided minibooklet
• Cut and fold guides
• New icon by Olivier Meylan
• Lots of other minor improvements and bug fixes

1.3.3 (03/02/05)

• Fixed the split odd-even pages option
• Chinese Localization by Jack M.H. Lin

1.3.2 (19/01/05)

• PDF-1.6 Compatibility
• German Localization by Sven-S. Porst

1.3.1 (15/08/04)

• HTML documentation
• Help available from the preferences window

1.3 (13/08/04)
Major update

• Fixed a bug preventing some document to be processed
• CocoaBooklet now makes sure no file will be overwritten
• Better progress report
• Creation of the PDF Service from the application
• Added an option to limit the size of the booklet, thus making several smaller booklets for big documents
• Added an option to create two separate documents for odd and even pages, thus helping the creation of booklets on printers that cannot print on both sides

1.2.1 (26/05/04)

• fixed a nasty bug that could erase the original file
• fixed a problem when the decimal separator was a comma instead of a point

1.2 (25/05/04)

• Option "do not flip even pages" has been renamed and fixed (the result wasn't a booklet)
• Page size preferences should now be saved properly
• Added a button for default margins values
• Warning when overwriting an existing file
• Some potential problems can now be prevented

1.1 (24/05/04)
Major update

• Complete control on the page size
• Settings for the destination of the booklet
• Option to make a minibooklet
• Option to decide not to flip even pages
• Progress bar that really shows the progress
• Better documentation

1.0.2 (30/04/04)

• Now (hopefully) works on Jaguar

1.0.1 (29/04/04)

• Minor update to fix serious bugs
• Fixed a bug preventing files with special characters in their filename from being processed
• Added support for PDF-1.5
• Changed the icon a bit (Thanks Blues !)
• Better error handling

1.0 (26/04/04)

• First public release