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February 28, 2011 08:44
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transforms pdf to booklet layout (two pages side by side)
fixed version of http://lembra.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/create-a-script-to-print-a-pdf-booklet/
required packages: pdftk and pdfjam (as well as tex-live, pdflatex required by pdfjam)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| FILE=$(echo $1 | sed 's/.pdf//') | |
| echo "$ pdfcrop $FILE.pdf --margins 12" | |
| pdfcrop $FILE.pdf --margins 12 | |
| echo "$ pdftops $FILE-crop.pdf" | |
| pdftops $FILE-crop.pdf | |
| echo "$ psbook $FILE-crop.ps book-$FILE.ps" | |
| psbook $FILE-crop.ps book-$FILE.ps | |
| echo "ps2pdf book-$FILE.ps book-$FILE.pdf" | |
| ps2pdf book-$FILE.ps book-$FILE.pdf | |
| echo "$ pdfnup book-$FILE.pdf --nup 2x1 --suffix '2x1'" | |
| pdfnup book-$FILE.pdf --nup 2x1 --suffix '2x1' | |
| echo "pdftk book-$FILE-2x1.pdf cat 1-endE output ready-$FILE.pdf" | |
| pdftk book-$FILE-2x1.pdf cat 1-endE output ready-$FILE.pdf | |
| echo "$FILE-crop.pdf $FILE-crop.ps book-$FILE.ps book-$FILE.pdf book-$FILE-2x1.pdf" | |
| rm $FILE-crop.pdf $FILE-crop.ps book-$FILE.ps book-$FILE.pdf book-$FILE-2x1.pdf |
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If you already use pdfjam, you can just use
pdfbook --short-edge bla.pdf --outfile book-bla.pdf