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NAME¶
bookletimposer - An utility to reorganize PDF pages
SYNOPSIS¶
bookletimposer [options] [input-file]
bookletimposer -a [options] input-file
DESCRIPTION¶
bookletimposer is an utility to achieve some basic imposition on PDF documents, especially designed to work on booklets.
It allows:
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- to transform linear documents to booklets;
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- to reduce a document to put many on one sheet (for handouts for example);
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- to transform booklets to linear documents.
It is a free software released under the GNU General Public License, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version.
OPTIONS¶
--version¶
show program’s version number and exit.
-h, --help¶
show an help message and exit.
-o OUTFILE, --output=OUTFILE¶
set output PDF file to OUTFILE.
-a, --no-gui¶
automatic conversion (don’t show the user interface). In that mode, the input file must be defined.
-i, --gui¶
show the user interface (default).
-b, --booklet¶
produce a booklet out of a linear document (default).
-l, --linearize¶
produce a linear document out of a booklet.
-n, --no-reorganisation¶
don’t reorganize (will only scale and assemble pages).
-c, --copy-pages¶
copy the same group of input pages on one output page.
-p PAGES_PER_SHEET, --pages-per-sheet=PAGES_PER_SHEET¶
number of pages per sheet, in the format HORIZONTALxVERTICAL, e.g. 2x1.
-f OUTPUT_FORMAT, --format=OUTPUT_FORMAT¶
output page format, e.g. A4 or A3R.
-k, --keep¶
do not overwrite output file if it exists.
EXAMPLES¶
bookletimposer¶
Displays the GTK+ user interface.
bookletimposer –no-gui –booklet –pages-per-sheet=2x1 –output=out.pdf in.pdf¶
Converts in.pdf into a booklet with two pages per sheet an saves the result as out.pdf.
bookletimposer –no-gui –linearise –pages-per-sheet=2x1 in.pdf¶
Converts the two-pages-per-sheet booklet in.pdf into a page-by-page PDF. As the output file name is not defined, it will default to in-conv.pdf.
SEE ALSO¶
pdfshuffler(1)
BookletImposer source code and documentation can be found on the web at https://kjo.herbesfolles.org/bookletimposer/
KNOWN ISSUES¶
BookletImposer should be quite stable. Thanks to report bugs to kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org if you find some!
AUTHORS¶
Kjö Hansi Glaz kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org.
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