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kenshis

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Registered: 2008-12-16

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advanced pdf manipuliation

Hello, i want to combine 16 pages in one page in landscape(for printing). It would be nice to be able cut off some borders too.
How can i do it?

I tried look into pdftk, but wasn't able to find what i want.

Last edited by kenshis (2010-06-17 16:59:05)

kazuo

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From: São Paulo/Brazil

Registered: 2008-03-18

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Re: advanced pdf manipuliation

I use pdfjam tools for this, works great.

kenshis

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Registered: 2008-12-16

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Re: advanced pdf manipuliation

Exactly what I needed, thanks.

For others:
To produce 16 pages in one sheet,
edit  "pdfjam-slides6up"  --nup value to 4x4(or any else) and add   --landscape

kenshis

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Registered: 2008-12-16

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Re: advanced pdf manipuliation

How can I change page ordering from horizontal (default, at least when --nup 2xX) to vertical?

kazuo

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From: São Paulo/Brazil

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Re: advanced pdf manipuliation

pdfjam is a frontend for pdfpages (a [pdf]latex package) so all the options are document on pdfpages. The option you need is 'column'

column Pdfpages normally uses `row-major' layout, where successive pages
are placed in rows along the paper. The column option changes the out-
put into a `column-major' layout, where successive pages are arranged in
columns down the paper. Either `true' or `false' (or no value, which is
equivalent to `true'). (Default: column=false)

Look for columnstrict option to. For using with pdfjam the option become '--column true'