Multi page pdf printing

One of the reasons I preferred to use Foxit pdf reader with wine was because the inbuilt pdf reader did not support printing multiple pages on a single A4 sheet. Ofcourse I could use the bloated Adobe reader which had a linux version as well, but since I already had wine for Opera 7.54, the 2 MB Foxit was much better. Unfortunately, in some cases Foxit would not run as expected,eventhough other windows apps did.
After looking around a bit, I think I may have found a universal setting that allows multiple page printing. It seems the print manager has the required settings. But, since the print manager is not launched automatically when the job is sent to the printer, and also since the job shows up only after it has been sent to the printer from the application, using the feature is a tricky affair, if it works at all - much like the rest of Linux!
The modus operandi : First launch the print manager, in Opensuse it is under the Utilities, Printing menu in the Start menu. Then send the file to print. This will cause the job to show up in the print manager.Here right click on the job and check its properties. In the properties window the number of pages per sheet can be set - 4 being the max.
While this feature exists, I have been unable to use it since the modified settings would not be accepted as the root username and password would be rejected. Probably some fine tuning is required.


Update : 24.11.08

A thorough ferretting through the Print options revealed that the print manager allows printing upto 4 pages per page. This option is available while printing any page. I had previously downloaded Adobe's bloated pdf reader to get this facility, since foxit in wine did not work and Kpdf did not have multiple page printing. This latest find is a significant help.