1pdfbook2(1) pdfbook2 - transform pdf files to booklets pdfbook2(1)
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6 pdfbook2 - transform pdf files into booklets for double-sided printing
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10 pdfbook2 [ options ] INPUT [ INPUT, ...]
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14 Create print-ready PDF files from some INPUT PDF files for booklet
15 printing. The resulting files need to be printed in landscape/long edge
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.
18 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.
23 The OUTPUT is written to INPUT-book.pdf. Existing files will be over‐
25 written. All input files are processed seperatly.
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29 To simply create a booklet from input.pdf you can use
30 pdfbook2 input.pdf
32 to create input-book.pdf. To select a special type of paper you can do
34 pdfbook2 --paper=letter input.pdf
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38 pdfbook2 --paper=a4paper input.pdf
40 for standard A4. To increase the inner margin for binding use
42 pdfbook2 --inner-margin=200 input.pdf
44 to increase the default value of 150. You can submit multiple files to
46 the script for processing like
47 pdfbook2 input1.pdf input2.pdf
49 which will result in input1-book.pdf and input2-book.pdf.
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54 --version
55 show program's version number and exit
56 -h, --help
58 show help message and exit
59 GENERAL
62 -p, --paper=STR
63 Format of the output paper dimensions as latex keyword (e.g.
64 a4paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, ...)
65 -s, --short-edge
67 Format the booklet for short-edge double-sided printing
68 -n, --no-crop
70 Prevent the cropping to the content area
71 MARGINS
74 -o, --outer-margin=INT
75 Defines the outer margin in the booklet (default: 40)
76 -i, --inner-margin=INT
78 Defines the inner margin between the pages in the booklet
79 (default: 150)
80 -t, --top-margin=INT
82 Defines the top margin in the booklet (default: 30)
83 -b, --bottom-margin=INT
85 Defines the bottom margin in the booklet (default: 30)
86 ADVANCED
89 --signature=INT
90 Define the signature for the booklet handed to pdfjam, needs to
91 be multiple of 4 (default: 4)
92 --signature*=INT
94 Same as --signature
95 --resolution=INT
97 Resolution used by ghostscript in bp (default: 72)
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101 pdfbook(1), pdfjam(1), pdfcrop(1)
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105 pdfbook2 v1.4 (https://github.com/jenom/pdfbook2)
106 (c) 2015 - 2020 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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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.
116 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/>.
123 January 22, 2020 pdfbook2(1)