Imposition: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:51, 7 January 2026

An example of an imposition of a PDF, in this case to print a PDF in a booklet format. Screenshot from https://pdfcpu.io/generate/booklet.

There are many ways to do imposition!

Manual way: CTRL+P, write the order of printing in the field "Pages"
psutils (CLI, Python based)
pdfjam (CLI, requires Tex Live) also packages as part of Tex Live
for Debian: sudo apt install texlive-extra-utils
for Mac: $ brew install --cask mactex
- pdfbook (CLI, wrapper around pdfjam to make booklets)
- pdfxup (CLI, wrapper around pdfjam to do more complex impositioning)
podofo + documentation from 75 (CLI)
psutil (Python)
BookletImposer (GUI)
jPDF Tweak (GUI)
pdfcpu (CLI)
Imagemagick (CLI; using montage, convert)
https://zine-machine.glitch.me/

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 * Manual way: CTRL+P, write the order of printing in the field "Pages"
 * [https://pypi.org/project/psutils/ psutils] (CLI, Python based)
-* [https://github.com/pdfjam pdfjam] (CLI, requires Tex Live) also packages as part of Tex Live; for Debian: <code>sudo apt install [https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/texlive-extra-utils/ texlive-extra-utils]</code>, for Mac: <code>$ brew install --cask mactex</code>
+* [https://github.com/pdfjam pdfjam] (CLI, requires Tex Live) also packages as part of Tex Live<br>for Debian: <code>sudo apt install [https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/texlive-extra-utils/ texlive-extra-utils]</code><br>for Mac: <code>$ brew install --cask mactex</code>
 ** [https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/texlive-extra-utils/pdfbook2.1.en.html pdfbook] (CLI, wrapper around pdfjam to make booklets)
 ** [https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/texlive-extra-utils/pdfxup.1.en.html pdfxup] (CLI, wrapper around pdfjam to do more complex impositioning)