Difference between revisions of "Working with PDF Documents"
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# Create a PDF document with a page size that is a multiple of four. (Add empty pages if necessary) | # Create a PDF document with a page size that is a multiple of four. (Add empty pages if necessary) | ||
| − | # Use either the Windows | + | # Use either the Windows or the Linux version to calculate the page reordering sequence for booklet creation: Enter the number of pages (multiple of four) of the original PDF document, select 'A5 booklet' and 'Calculate'. |
| + | # The next step depends on the operating system you are using: | ||
| + | ====Windows==== | ||
| + | Use [http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html PDFill (free)], option xxx | ||
| + | ====Linux==== | ||
| + | Use the <code>pdfjam</code> package. It contains a command-line tool pdfnup. Use a terminal to execute (all is one line): | ||
| + | pdfnup original.pdf --pages 41,1,2,41,41,3,4,41,40,5,6,39,38,7,8,37,36,9,10,35,34, | ||
| + | 11,12,33,32,13,14,31,30,15,16,29,28,17,18,27,26,19,20,25,24,21,22,23 --nup 2x1 | ||
| + | --orient landscape --outfile booklet.pdf | ||
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| + | (Of course replace the pages string with the page numbers you generated above with the FormatPrinter tool) | ||
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| + | The resulting booklet.pdf can be printed directly. Use short-edge binding double-sided printing. | ||
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===Printing A6 booklets=== | ===Printing A6 booklets=== | ||
Revision as of 09:33, 22 September 2008
Contents
Transforming PDF Documents for Printing
Tools
Linux: LinuxFormatPrinter (requires paket Mono)
Windows: WindowsFormatPrinter (requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2 or Mono for Windows)
Creating A5 booklets
- Create a PDF document with a page size that is a multiple of four. (Add empty pages if necessary)
- Use either the Windows or the Linux version to calculate the page reordering sequence for booklet creation: Enter the number of pages (multiple of four) of the original PDF document, select 'A5 booklet' and 'Calculate'.
- The next step depends on the operating system you are using:
Windows
Use PDFill (free), option xxx
Linux
Use the pdfjam package. It contains a command-line tool pdfnup. Use a terminal to execute (all is one line):
pdfnup original.pdf --pages 41,1,2,41,41,3,4,41,40,5,6,39,38,7,8,37,36,9,10,35,34, 11,12,33,32,13,14,31,30,15,16,29,28,17,18,27,26,19,20,25,24,21,22,23 --nup 2x1 --orient landscape --outfile booklet.pdf
(Of course replace the pages string with the page numbers you generated above with the FormatPrinter tool)
The resulting booklet.pdf can be printed directly. Use short-edge binding double-sided printing.
