[xep-support] Booklet, Graphic, span two pages

[Jirka Kosek]

Ludger.Thomas at iese.fraunhofer.de wrote:

> I need to build a booklet (2 A5 pages on a DIN A4 landscape sheet with
> central gutter between the pages). In the middle of the booklet should
> be a graphic which spans the whole A4 sheet. 
> 
> I made some initial experiments with psbook and psnup. In general this
> works fine but I have no idea how to get the graphic span two pages. I'd
> guess that this is not impossible with these tools. Before I start
> working on alternatives I just want to make sure if the generation of
> such a booklet is possible with XSL-Fo and XEP. I'd be curious too get
> some hints, comments or examples on this issue.

For such operation I would recommend using itext library. You can do 
basic rendering using XEP and then during postprocessing stage using 
itext you can do page rearrangement and include spanned graphics as well.

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/

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