PSPDFUTILS(1)                    User Commands                   PSPDFUTILS(1)

NAME
       pspdfutils

SYNOPSIS
       pspdfutils [OPTION...] [INFILE [OUTFILE]]

DESCRIPTION
       psbook uses pstops to rearrange pages from a PDF or PostScript document
       into `signatures' for printing books or booklets, creating a new file.
       A `signature', often called a `section' in bookbinding, is a series of
       sheets that are folded together to be stitched into the book's binding.
       Each sheet has two pages per side; the number of pages in a signature
       must therefore be a multiple of four.  Extra blank sides will be added
       if the file does not contain a multiple of four pages.

       The output should be printed 2-up (this can be achieved with psnup) and
       duplex, as for short-edge binding. Alternatively, the output of psnup
       can be passed through the following command:

       pstops '2:0(0,0),1U(1w,1h)'

       to rotate the verso page upside-down, and the result can be printed
       duplex as for long-edge binding.  Rearrange pages in a PDF or
       PostScript document into signatures.


       INFILE `-' or no INFILE argument means standard input


       OUTFILE
              `-' or no OUTFILE argument means standard output


OPTIONS
       -s SIGNATURE, --signature SIGNATURE
              number of pages per signature; 0 = all pages in one signature
              [default]; 1 = do not rearrange the pages; otherwise, a multiple
              of 4


       -v, --version
              show program's version number and exit


       -q, --quiet
              don't show progress


COMMENTS
       PAGES is a comma-separated list of pages and page ranges; see pstops(1)
       for more details.


AUTHOR
       Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>

pspdfutils 3.3.2                  2024-04-08                     PSPDFUTILS(1)