How to print several PDF pages on one sheet of paper?

[Ikram Mohammad Haroon]

Could somebody please tell me how I can print several pages of a PDF
document on one sheet of paper in the CDF labs?

It'd save paper and print quota :-)

Thanks,
Haroon.

[David Warde-Farley]

Post by Ikram Mohammad Haroon
Could somebody please tell me how I can print several pages of a PDF
document on one sheet of paper in the CDF labs?
It'd save paper and print quota :-)
Thanks,
Haroon.

Convert it to PostScript with pdf2ps or pdftops (one works better than
the other in some situations), then use psnup -N file.ps outputfile.ps
where N is one of 2, 4, 6, 8... (man psnup for more options). I usually
find 4 per page is good for lecture slides if they're not already
provided in that format, and for academic papers and such 2 per page is
quite reasonable. Double side them and you'll reduce the stack you have
to carry tremendously.

[Ikram Mohammad Haroon]

Post by David Warde-Farley

Post by Ikram Mohammad Haroon
Could somebody please tell me how I can print several pages of a PDF
document on one sheet of paper in the CDF labs?
It'd save paper and print quota :-)
Thanks,
Haroon.

Convert it to PostScript with pdf2ps or pdftops (one works better than
the other in some situations), then use psnup -N file.ps outputfile.ps
where N is one of 2, 4, 6, 8... (man psnup for more options). I
usually find 4 per page is good for lecture slides if they're not
already provided in that format, and for academic papers and such 2
per page is quite reasonable. Double side them and you'll reduce the
stack you have to carry tremendously.

Thanks! Worked, except... the lecture slides I am printing are out of
order. I put 4 pages on one sheet, and the first and second slides are
on the right-hand side of the page instead of the left-hand side.

Read the man pages and fixed it with a -l command.

Thanks again David.

[Ikram Mohammad Haroon]

Post by David Warde-Farley

Post by Ikram Mohammad Haroon
Could somebody please tell me how I can print several pages of a PDF
document on one sheet of paper in the CDF labs?
It'd save paper and print quota :-)
Thanks,
Haroon.

Convert it to PostScript with pdf2ps or pdftops (one works better than
the other in some situations), then use psnup -N file.ps outputfile.ps
where N is one of 2, 4, 6, 8... (man psnup for more options). I usually
find 4 per page is good for lecture slides if they're not already
provided in that format, and for academic papers and such 2 per page is
quite reasonable. Double side them and you'll reduce the stack you have
to carry tremendously.

Thanks! Worked, except... the lecture slides I am printing are out of
order. I put 4 pages on one sheet, and the first and second slides are
on the right-hand side of the page instead of the left-hand side.

[Alan Grosskurth]

Post by David Warde-Farley

Post by Ikram Mohammad Haroon
Could somebody please tell me how I can print several pages of a PDF
document on one sheet of paper in the CDF labs?

Convert it to PostScript with pdf2ps or pdftops (one works better than
the other in some situations), then use psnup -N file.ps outputfile.ps

I'd recommend skipping the PostScript conversion altogether by using
``pdfnup'' (part of the pdfjam package and only available in the CSSU
home directory):

~cssu/local/bin/pdfnup --nup 2x2 --frame true \
--outfile file-4up.pdf file.pdf

I don't think there's a man page, but

~cssu/local/bin/pdfnup --help

will tell you about the various options.

Regards,
Alan

[Lloyd Smith]

Post by Alan Grosskurth
I'd recommend skipping the PostScript conversion altogether by using
``pdfnup'' (part of the pdfjam package and only available in the CSSU

Arcady has added the pdfjam package (pdfnup, pdfjoin, pdf90) to the
standard CDF installation, along with the man pages.

Regards,
lloyd

Post by Alan Grosskurth
~cssu/local/bin/pdfnup --nup 2x2 --frame true \
--outfile file-4up.pdf file.pdf
I don't think there's a man page, but
~cssu/local/bin/pdfnup --help
will tell you about the various options.
Regards,
Alan
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