Am Samstag, 18. Januar 2020, 16:14:45 CET schrieb David Wright: > On Sat 18 Jan 2020 at 15:42:08 (+0100), Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a pdf file with a page size of 186x65 mm2. If I print that on A4, I > > get printouts which are mainly white, except the 186x65 mm2. > > > > Is there a good way to get it printed in a compact way (e.g. 4 pages on > > top of each other on an A4 sheet)? I could not find an option in pdftk, > > so any advice or hint is welcome... > > I use pdfjam in texlive-extra-utils in functions like these. > > function a4-2up-a4r { > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: $FUNCNAME prints a single A4 > page > as 2-up A5 pages on an A4 landscape page for producing A5 hand bills when > cut up." >&2 && return 1 local Expandedname="$(-addextensionandoldfile "$1" > "pdf")" > [ -z "$Expandedname" ] && return > pdfjam --vanilla --nup '2x1' --landscape --a4paper --outfile > "${Expandedname/%.pdf/-a4-2up-a4r.pdf}" "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" } > > function a4-4up-a4 { > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: $FUNCNAME prints a single A4 > page > as 4-up A6 pages on an A4 page for producing A6 hand bills when cut up." > >&2 && return 1 local Expandedname="$(-addextensionandoldfile "$1" "pdf")" > [ -z "$Expandedname" ] && return > pdfjam --vanilla --nup '2x2' --no-landscape --a4paper --outfile > "${Expandedname/%.pdf/-a4-4up-a4.pdf}" "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" > "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" } > > function a4-8up-a4r { > [ -z "$1" ] && printf '%s\n' "Usage: $FUNCNAME prints a single A4 > page > as 8-up A7 pages on an A4 page for producing A7 tickets when cut up." >&2 > && return 1 > local Expandedname="$(-addextensionandoldfile "$1" "pdf")" > [ -z "$Expandedname" ] && return > pdfjam --vanilla --nup '4x2' --landscape --a4paper --outfile > "${Expandedname/%.pdf/-a4-8up-a4r.pdf}" "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" > "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" > "$Expandedname" "$Expandedname" } > > -addextensionandoldfile just adds .pdf if absent, and checks the file > exists. Then the output file has explanatory info added to its name. > > The pages are prepared for purpose at the appropriate size. You can > use --scale n and --noautoscale true if needed for your input. >
Many thanks, David. pdfjam --vanilla --nup '1x4' --no-landscape --a4paper --outfile out.pdf in.pdf does exactly what I want (perfectly scaled to A4). Thanks again Rainer > Cheers, > David. -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/