Difference between revisions of "Working with PDF Documents"
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| − | Use [http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html PDFill (free)], option | + | Use [http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html PDFill (free)], option 'Split or reorder PDF pages'. Paste the page-number string generated above into 'reorder' and save a PDF that has reordered pages. Then use the option 'Reformat multiple pages into one page'. Select landscape A4, set a six margin input fields to zero, select 1 row two columns and switch of the two options (borders, notes fields). The resulting PDF can be printed using the double-sided short-edge binding option. |
====Linux==== | ====Linux==== | ||
Install the <code>pdfjam</code> package. It contains a command-line tool pdfnup. Use a terminal to execute a command similar to (all in one line): | Install the <code>pdfjam</code> package. It contains a command-line tool pdfnup. Use a terminal to execute a command similar to (all in one line): | ||
Revision as of 09:44, 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: in Linux use <pdfjoin>, in Windows use PDFill to join empty pages)
- Use either the Windows (download WindowsFormatPrinter above) or the Linux version (download LinuxFormatPrinter) 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 'Split or reorder PDF pages'. Paste the page-number string generated above into 'reorder' and save a PDF that has reordered pages. Then use the option 'Reformat multiple pages into one page'. Select landscape A4, set a six margin input fields to zero, select 1 row two columns and switch of the two options (borders, notes fields). The resulting PDF can be printed using the double-sided short-edge binding option.
Linux
Install the pdfjam package. It contains a command-line tool pdfnup. Use a terminal to execute a command similar to (all in 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)
This creates a booklet.pdf from original.pdf. booklet.pdf can be printed directly. Use short-edge binding double-sided printing.
