.TH "pdfnup" "1" "10 March 2010" "" "" 
.SH "NAME" 
pdfnup \- n-up the pages of pdf files
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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pdfnup [OPTION [OPTION] \&.\&.\&.] [SRC [PAGESPEC] [SRC [PAGESPEC]] \&.\&.\&.]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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pdfnup converts files in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
to "n-up" PDF files, that is, with multiple input pages 
per output page, for
more economical printing etc\&.  The default processing is to 2-up 
landscape output with no frame around pages, equivalent to using the 
options '--nup 2x1 --landscape true --frame false'.
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If no source PDF file ('SRC') is specified, input
is from /dev/stdin. If 'PAGESPEC' is omitted, all pages are processed.
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Source files are processed sequentially into a single output
unless the '--batch' option is used, in which case they are processed 
separately.
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pdfnup operates on one or more PDF files, and (either with the '--batch' 
option or with '--outfile DIR' where 'DIR' is a directory) the 
resulting files have
the suffix '-nup' applied to their names by default.  To change 
the suffix,
use the '--suffix' option, for example
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.RS
.B    pdfnup --nup 2x2 --suffix '2x2' --batch myfile1.pdf myfile2.pdf
.RE
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will result in files named 'myfile1-2x2.pdf' and 'myfile2-2x2.pdf'.
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pdfnup is a simple wrapper for pdfjam, which provides a front end to many of the capabilities of the pdfpages
package for pdflatex\&.  A working installation of pdflatex, with
the pdfpages and geometry packages, is required\&.
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pdfnup is part of the "PDFjam" package of tools, whose homepage is at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam \&.
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.SH "SETUP" 
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See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
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.SH "USAGE" 
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For the available options and site/user defaults, see the output of 
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.B    pdfjam --help
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For further information and some examples see 
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
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.SH "LIMITATIONS AND BUGS" 
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pdfnup does not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not 
preserve hyperlinks.
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Please report bugs! See the website at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam \&.
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.SH "LICENSE" 
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PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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pdfjam(1) pdfpun(1) \&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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pdfnup is written and maintained by David Firth as part of the PDFjam package\&.