Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-16 Thread Dave Howorth
Brad Sawatzky wrote: Is there some way to split a large-format PDF file into several A4-sized pieces to print it? I have used a package called 'poster' that does exactly this with PS files. A combination of pdf2ps and poster should get you what you need. Thanks Brad and thanks also to Sridhar

split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread Dave Howorth
Is there some way to split a large-format PDF file into several A4-sized pieces to print it? Thanks, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread Thomas Adam
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:34:22PM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote: Is there some way to split a large-format PDF file into several A4-sized pieces to print it? Several ways. pdftotext pdftohtml pdftops convert (from imagemagick) (They all have manpages) -- Thomas Adam -- Frankly, Mr. Shankly,

Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread Dave Howorth
Thomas Adam wrote: Is there some way to split a large-format PDF file into several A4-sized pieces to print it? Several ways. pdftotext pdftohtml pdftops convert (from imagemagick) Thanks for the very swift answer Adam. I'm still confused. I should have been more specific and said that the PDF

Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:11:25PM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote: I couldn't find anything in the manpages of pdftops or convert about splitting pages into multiple parts. Did I miss something? Or are you suggesting converting it to an image and using image manipulation tools to select and

Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Dave Howorth wrote: Is there some way to split a large-format PDF file into several A4-sized pieces to print it? I have used a package called 'poster' that does exactly this with PS files. A combination of pdf2ps and poster should get you what you need. -- Brad --

Re: split large pdf to A4?

2004-08-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 04:11:25PM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote: Thanks for the very swift answer Adam. I'm still confused. I should have been more specific and said that the PDF files contain images and text. I don't want to manipulate them, just print them as a patchwork.