1pdfbook2(1)       pdfbook2 - transform pdf files to booklets       pdfbook2(1)
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NAME

6       pdfbook2 - transform pdf files into booklets for double-sided printing
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SYNOPSIS

10       pdfbook2 [ options ] INPUT [ INPUT, ...]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Create  print-ready  PDF  files  from  some INPUT PDF files for booklet
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16       double  sided  printing. The default paper format depends on the locale
17       and is choosen by pdfjam. It can be set with the --paper option.
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19       Before the pdf is composed the INPUT file is cropped  to  the  relevant
20       area in order to discard unnecessary white spaces. In this process, all
21       pages are cropped to the same dimensions. Extra margins can be  defined
22       at the edges of the booklet and in the middle where the binding occurs.
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24       The  OUTPUT  is written to INPUT-book.pdf. Existing files will be over‐
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EXAMPLE

29       To simply create a booklet from input.pdf you can use
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31              pdfbook2 input.pdf
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33       to create input-book.pdf. To select a special type of paper you can do
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39              pdfbook2 --paper=a4paper input.pdf
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41       for standard A4. To increase the inner margin for binding use
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43              pdfbook2 --inner-margin=200 input.pdf
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45       to increase the default value of 150. You can submit multiple files  to
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48              pdfbook2 input1.pdf input2.pdf
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50       which will result in input1-book.pdf and input2-book.pdf.
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OPTIONS

54       --version
55              show program's version number and exit
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57       -h, --help
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61   GENERAL
62       -p, --paper=STR
63              Format  of  the  output  paper dimensions as latex keyword (e.g.
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66       -s, --short-edge
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73   MARGINS
74       -o, --outer-margin=INT
75              Defines the outer margin in the booklet (default: 40)
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78              Defines the inner  margin  between  the  pages  in  the  booklet
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82              Defines the top margin in the booklet (default: 30)
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85              Defines the bottom margin in the booklet (default: 30)
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88   ADVANCED
89       --signature=INT
90              Define  the signature for the booklet handed to pdfjam, needs to
91              be multiple of 4 (default: 4)
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93       --signature*=INT
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96       --resolution=INT
97              Resolution used by ghostscript in bp (default: 72)
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SEE ALSO

101       pdfbook(1), pdfjam(1), pdfcrop(1)
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ABOUT

105       pdfbook2 v1.2
106       (c) 2015 Johannes Neumann (http://www.neumannjo.de)
107       licensed under GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
108       based on pdfbook by David Firth with help from Marco Pessotto
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LICENSE

112       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
113       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
114       Free  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
115       option)  any later version.
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117       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
118       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
119       CHANTABILITY or  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
120       Public License for  more details. You should have received  a  copy  of
121       the  GNU  General  Public  License along with this program. If not, see
122       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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