pdfxup

N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: <https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pdfxup.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install texlive-extra-utils
Ubuntu
apt-get install texlive-extra-utils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S texlive-pdfxup-7
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install texlive-extra-utils
Fedora
dnf install texlive-pdfxup-7
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils
Raspbian
apt-get install texlive-extra-utils

N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: <https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup>.

  • Create a 2-up PDF:
    pdfxup -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf
  • Create a PDF with 3 columns and 2 lines per page:
    pdfxup -x 3 -y 2 -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf
  • Create a PDF in booklet mode (2-up, and pages are sorted to form a book when folded):
    pdfxup -b -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf

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