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NAME¶
bookletimposer - An utility to reorganize PDF pagesSYNOPSIS¶
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 tracts 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 converstion (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_SHEETnumber of pages per sheet, in the format HORIZONTALxVERTICAL, e.g. 2x1.
-f OUTPUT_FORMAT,¶
--format=OUTPUT_FORMAToutput 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.pdfConverts 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.pdfConverts 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 is under development, which means that for the moment, some things work, some others do not... Thanks to report bugs to <kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org> if you find some!AUTHORS¶
Kjö Hansi Glaz <kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org>.2012 | bookletimposer user manual |