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print pagination for pdf files

Asked by treetaxi

can you tell me what page manipulation tools are available & where to get them? When printing a large (20 pages or more) document I like to use both sides of the paper by printing the odd pages first & then the even pages on the other side. I forget which pdf viewer gives this option. Also I know there are tools out there that will paginate a file for printing onto 8 1/2 * 11 in landscape mode, 2 pages per sheet in such a way that the result can be folded into a book or booklet. Obviously I also need some help on the correct terminologies for my question.

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Best Artem Popov (artfwo) said : 		#1

Hello!

There's quite a selection of (command-line) utilities for document pagination available in the "psutils" package. The utilities that you want are most likely:

psbook - rearrange pages in a booklet-like fashion
psnup - put several pages per sheet

Make sure, you convert your PDF-files to PostScript, because psutils only work with the postscript format:
pdf2ps <your-file.pdf> <your-file.ps>
...or use the print-to-file functionality directly from the PDF viewer

For more instructions on psutils please see this page:
http://www.pjls16812.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/psbook/index.html

Hope this helps :)

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treetaxi (treetaxi) said : 		#2

Actually, the answer was a bit TOO helpful ;). The next thing I knew, I was researching book-binding techniques and looking for groff tutorials.

please pardon the lateness of my reply -- I've been having trouble connecting to canonical for the last 3 weeks.

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treetaxi (treetaxi) said : 		#3

Thanks Артём Попов, that solved my question.