Make individual slides from pdf with six slides per page.

pdf_slides.py

from PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
from copy import copy

FNAME = '49-urology'
PATH = '/Users/drlulz/Downloads/ABFM/{}.pdf'.format(FNAME)
NEW_PATH = '/Users/drlulz/Downloads/ABFM/Slides/{}.pdf'.format(FNAME)

outputStream = open(NEW_PATH, 'wb')

def go():

    with open(PATH, 'rb') as f:
        reader = PdfFileReader(f)
        writer = PdfFileWriter()

        n = reader.getNumPages()

        for i in range(n):

            page = reader.getPage(i)

            s1 = copy(page)
            s2 = copy(page)
            s3 = copy(page)
            s4 = copy(page)
            s5 = copy(page)
            s6 = copy(page)

            
            s1.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (59, 681) # top left
            s1.mediaBox.upperRight = (294, 549) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s1)
            
            s2.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (318, 681) # top left x, y
            s2.mediaBox.upperRight = (553, 549) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s2)

            ###

            s3.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (59, 462) # top left
            s3.mediaBox.upperRight = (294, 330) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s3)

            s4.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (318, 462) # top left x, y
            s4.mediaBox.upperRight = (553, 330) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s4)

            ###

            s5.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (59, 243) # top left
            s5.mediaBox.upperRight = (294, 111) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s5)

            s6.mediaBox.lowerLeft = (318, 243) # top left
            s6.mediaBox.upperRight = (553, 111) # bottom right
            writer.addPage(s6)

            with open(NEW_PATH, 'wb') as out_f:
                writer.write(out_f)



go()