NAME

       pdfnup - n-up the pages of pdf files

SYNOPSIS

       pdfnup [OPTION [OPTION] ...] [SRC [PAGESPEC] [SRC [PAGESPEC]] ...]

DESCRIPTION

       pdfnup  converts  files  in  the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) to "n-up" PDF files,
       that is, with multiple input pages per output page, for more economical printing etc.  The
       default  processing  is to 2-up landscape output with no frame around pages, equivalent to
       using the options '--nup 2x1 --landscape true --frame false'.

       If no source PDF file ('SRC') is specified, input is from  /dev/stdin.  If  'PAGESPEC'  is
       omitted, all pages are processed.

       Source  files  are processed sequentially into a single output unless the '--batch' option
       is used, in which case they are processed separately.

       pdfnup operates on one or more PDF files, and (either with the '--batch'  option  or  with
       '--outfile  DIR'  where  'DIR'  is a directory) the resulting files have the suffix '-nup'
       applied to their names by default.  To change the suffix, use the '--suffix'  option,  for
       example

              pdfnup --nup 2x2 --suffix '2x2' --batch myfile1.pdf myfile2.pdf

       will result in files named 'myfile1-2x2.pdf' and 'myfile2-2x2.pdf'.

       pdfnup  is  a  simple  wrapper  for  pdfjam,  which  provides  a  front end to many of the
       capabilities of the pdfpages package for pdflatex.  A working  installation  of  pdflatex,
       with the pdfpages and geometry packages, is required.

       pdfnup   is   part   of   the   "PDFjam"   package   of   tools,   whose  homepage  is  at
       http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam .

SETUP

       See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .

USAGE

       For the available options and site/user defaults, see the output of

              pdfjam --help

       For further information and some examples see http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .

LIMITATIONS AND BUGS

       pdfnup does not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not preserve hyperlinks.

       Please report bugs! See the website at http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam .

LICENSE

       PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license.

SEE ALSO

       pdfjam(1) pdfpun(1) .

AUTHOR

       pdfnup is written and maintained by David Firth as part of the PDFjam package.

                                          10 March 2010                                 pdfnup(1)