Converting a PDF to one with multiple pages per sheet through the command line
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00:00 Converting A Pdf To One With Multiple Pages Per Sheet Through The Command Line
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01:45 Answer 2 Score 22
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ANSWER 1
Score 22
You can also use pdfnup:
pdfnup --nup 2x2 --no-landscape file.pdf
where 2x2 refers to 2 rows by 2 columns (or the reverse--I'm not sure). See man pdfnup for more options.
ANSWER 2
Score 6
For me pdfnup was not available, and whilepdfxup did not work, pdfjam did:
pdfjam --nup 2x2 <infile>
To specify the output file name (in place of the autogenerated one) use the option --outfile
pdfjam --nup 2x2 <infile> --outfile <outfile>
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 2
to perform an IMPOSITION, nothing is better than Multivalent.jar (latest free version with tools inside, latest Multivalent build currently hosted on sourceforge - 2009 - has no more pdf tools)
you can download the Multivalent.jar build with tools from:
- http://www.ziddu.com/download/1794145/Multivalent.tar.gz.html
- http://ge.tt/#!/21OPDHX/v/4
- http://dingodog.minus.com/mjhNX8Eiu
online man - http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/Tools/pdf/Impose.html
use:
java -cp path...to/Multivalent.jar tool.pdf.Impose -dim (rowsxcols) -paper (paper sizes where pages will be imposed) file.pdf
ANSWER 4
Score 0
The only tool I've found that can do this and is maintained is PyPDF2 https://pythonhosted.org/PyPDF2/index.html
You can see some example code at: https://superuser.com/a/1508283/590044