User:Rama/printing signatures
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Odd pages of the book are on the right of the book when it is open. They must be odd pages of PDF document.
Pair pages of the book are on the left of the book when it is open. They must be pair pages of PDF document.
To have pages in the correct disposition, we might need to remove a cover page, or add blank pages in the document, e.g. after chapter changes.
- Remove front page
pdfjam input.pdf '2-' --outfile plouf.pdf
- Add empty page
Add empty page between pages 23 and 24 (e.g. for a chapter change)
pdfjam plouf.pdf '1-23,{},24-' --outfile plouf.pdf
- Create signatures
Here, 20 pages in signatue, i.e. 5 sheets think at the fold. Change ad lib, in multiples of 4: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, etc.
pdfjam --landscape --signature 20 plouf.pdf --outfile plouf.pdf