SYNOPSIS
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:
- to transform linear documents to booklets;
- to reduce a document to put many on one sheet (for tracts for example);
- 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.
KNOWN ISSUES
BookletImposer is under development, which means that for the moment, some things work, some others do not... Thanks to report bugs to <[email protected]> if you find some!