pdfbook2

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

NAME
       pdfbook2 - transform pdf files into booklets for double-sided printing

SYNOPSIS
       pdfbook2 [ options ] INPUT [ INPUT, ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Create  print-ready  PDF  files  from  some INPUT PDF files for booklet
       printing. The resulting files need to be printed in landscape/long edge
       double  sided  printing. The default paper format depends on the locale
       and is choosen by pdfjam. It can be set with the --paper option.

       Before the pdf is composed the INPUT file is cropped  to  the  relevant
       area in order to discard unnecessary white spaces. In this process, all
       pages are cropped to the same dimensions. Extra margins can be  defined
       at the edges of the booklet and in the middle where the binding occurs.

       The  OUTPUT  is written to INPUT-book.pdf. Existing files will be over-
       written. All input files are processed seperatly.

EXAMPLE
       To simply create a booklet from input.pdf you can use

              pdfbook2 input.pdf

       to create input-book.pdf. To select a special type of paper you can do

              pdfbook2 --paper=letter input.pdf

       for letter or

              pdfbook2 --paper=a4paper input.pdf

       for standard A4. To increase the inner margin for binding use

              pdfbook2 --inner-margin=200 input.pdf

       to increase the default value of 150. You can submit multiple files  to
       the script for processing like

              pdfbook2 input1.pdf input2.pdf

       which will result in input1-book.pdf and input2-book.pdf.

OPTIONS
       --version
              show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
              show help message and exit

   GENERAL
       -p, --paper=STR
              Format  of  the  output  paper dimensions as latex keyword (e.g.
              a4paper, letterpaper, legalpaper, ...)

       -s, --short-edge
              Format the booklet for short-edge double-sided printing

       -n, --no-crop
              Prevent the cropping to the content area

   MARGINS
       -o, --outer-margin=INT
              Defines the outer margin in the booklet (default: 40)

       -i, --inner-margin=INT
              Defines the inner margin between the pages in the  booklet  (de-
              fault: 150)

       -t, --top-margin=INT
              Defines the top margin in the booklet (default: 30)

       -b, --bottom-margin=INT
              Defines the bottom margin in the booklet (default: 30)

   ADVANCED
       --signature=INT
              Define  the signature for the booklet handed to pdfjam, needs to
              be multiple of 4 (default: 4)

       --signature*=INT
              Same as --signature

       --resolution=INT
              Resolution used by ghostscript in bp (default: 72)

SEE ALSO
       pdfbook(1), pdfjam(1), pdfcrop(1)

ABOUT
       pdfbook2 v1.4 (https://github.com/jenom/pdfbook2)
       (c) 2015 - 2020 Johannes Neumann (http://www.neumannjo.de)
       licensed under GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
       based on pdfbook by David Firth with help from Marco Pessotto

LICENSE
       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
       option)  any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
       Public License for  more details. You should have received  a  copy  of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License along with this program. If not, see
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

                               January 22, 2020                    pdfbook2(1)