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How to PDF?

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	PDF has its roots in [[PostScript]], a document format and programming language launched in 1982 with the aim to standardize the printing industry. With PostScript it became possible to print documents from any computer on any printer with PostScript support.		PDF has its roots in [[PostScript]], a document format and programming language launched in 1982 with the aim to standardize the printing industry. With PostScript it became possible to print documents from any computer on any printer with PostScript support.

			We did cover PostScript during Prototyping in 2024/2025, documentation and outcomes can be found on the wiki page: [[PostScript]].

	==PDF writing workflows==		==PDF writing workflows==

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How to PDF?

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	The "Portable Document Format" launched in 1992 by Adobe Inc™, owned by them until 2008, after which it was released and re-licensed as an ISO standard.		The "Portable Document Format" launched in 1992 by Adobe Inc™, owned by them until 2008, after which it was released and re-licensed as an ISO standard.

	PDF has its roots in PostScript, a document format and programming language launched in 1982 with the aim to standardize the printing industry. With PostScript it became possible to print documents from any computer on any printer with PostScript support.		PDF has its roots in [[PostScript]], a document format and programming language launched in 1982 with the aim to standardize the printing industry. With PostScript it became possible to print documents from any computer on any printer with PostScript support.

	==PDF writing workflows==		==PDF writing workflows==

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Links

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	==Links==		==Links==

			* [[PostScript]]
	* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]		* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]
	* [[:Category:Workbooks]]		* [[:Category:Workbooks]]

	[[Category:Workbooks]]		[[Category:Workbooks]]

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	* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]		* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]
	* [[:Category:~~Workbook~~]]		* [[:Category:Workbooks]]

	[[Category:~~Workbook~~]]		[[Category:Workbooks]]

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Links

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	* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]		* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]
	* [[:Category:Workbook]]		* [[:Category:Workbook]]

			[[Category:Workbook]]

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	* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]		* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]
			* [[:Category:Workbook]]

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Docx

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	$ pandoc --from docx --to pdf mytext.'''docx''' --stylesheet stylesheet.css --pdf-engine=weasyprint --output mytext.pdf		$ pandoc --from docx --to pdf mytext.'''docx''' --stylesheet stylesheet.css --pdf-engine=weasyprint --output mytext.pdf

	Instead of "weasyprint", you can also use other PDF engines~~, but you need to install these programs first on your computer~~: pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint, pagedjs-cli, prince, context, pdfroff. See more info on this page: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#option--pdf-engine		Instead of "weasyprint", you can also use other PDF engines: pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint, pagedjs-cli, prince, context, pdfroff (but you need to install that software first on your computer before you can use it). See more info on this page: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#option--pdf-engine

	More info: [[Pandoc]]		More info: [[Pandoc]]

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	More info: http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/		More info: http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/

			==PDF backgrounds + stamping!==

			https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/

			pdftk tools: background, multibackground, stamp, multistamp

			==PDF merging!==

			Merge multiple PDFs into one:

			$ pdfunite file1.pdf file2.pdf output.pdf

	==Links==		==Links==

	* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]		* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]

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=How to PDF?=

The "Portable Document Format" launched in 1992 by Adobe Inc™, owned by them until 2008, after which it was released and re-licensed as an ISO standard.

PDF has its roots in PostScript, a document format and programming language launched in 1982 with the aim to standardize the printing industry. With PostScript it became possible to print documents from any computer on any printer with PostScript support.

==PDF writing workflows==

Depending on how you write, what writing environment you use, and in what formats you can export your writing, you can generate a PDF and write a custom stylesheet.

<code>writing tool</code> → <code>export file format</code> → <code>PDF engine</code> → 🎉 <code>PDF</code> 🎉

===Docx===

$ pandoc --from docx --to pdf mytext.'''docx''' --stylesheet stylesheet.css --pdf-engine=weasyprint --output mytext.pdf

Instead of "weasyprint", you can also use other PDF engines, but you need to install these programs first on your computer: pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint, pagedjs-cli, prince, context, pdfroff. See more info on this page: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#option--pdf-engine

More info: [[Pandoc]]

=== Markdown ===

$ pandoc --from markdown --to pdf mytext.'''md''' --stylesheet stylesheet.css --pdf-engine=weasyprint --output mytext.pdf

More info: [[Pandoc]]

===Mediawiki===

$ pandoc --from mediawiki --to pdf mytext.'''mediawiki''' --stylesheet stylesheet.css --pdf-engine=weasyprint --output mytext.pdf

More info: [[Pandoc]]

=== HTML ===

$ weasyprint mytext.'''html''' -s stylesheet.css mytext.pdf

More info: [[Weasyprint]]

==PDF compression==

Very probably a very real future scenario: you are applying for a fund and need to upload a portfolio document in PDF format. You work on it very hard, all day, your fingers feel stiff from all the typing, you have to make sure it is done before the deadline at midnight. Five minutes before the deadline you're done!! Whoohoo, you are relieved: "this is just in time"! "Let's upload this quickly!" ........ And then you look at the interface and you notice the small light grey letters that say: "max 10 MB"... WHAT TO DO?!?

🌟 Compress your PDF! 🌟

{{:Resize.sh}}

==PDF imposition==

Your PDF is done, congratulations!! Now it's time to print it. But how? As a stapled A4 document? As a small A5 booklet? As a zine printed on A3 and folded to A6? How to do this??!

📚 Imposition your PDF! 📚

[[Imposition]]

==PDF colorspace==

===RGB → CMYK===

$ ./rgb2cmyk.sh input.pdf

[http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/tree/master/rgb2cmyk.sh#project-detail-files rgb2cmyk.sh] (using Ghostscript), part of [http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/ OSP's pdfutils]

You can check if it worked out with this color separations script:

[http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/tree/master/colorSeparation.sh#project-detail-files coloseperation.sh] (using Ghostscript), part of [http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/ OSP's pdfutils]

More info: http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/

===Grayscale===

$ ./color_convert.sh black input.pdf input-K.pdf

http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/tree/master/color_convert.sh#project-detail-files

More info: http://osp.kitchen/tools/pdfutils/

==Links==

* [[:Category:PagedMedia]]