NAME

       pdfbook2 - transform pdf files into booklets for double-sided printing

SYNOPSIS

       pdfbook2 [ options ] INPUT [ INPUT, ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Create  print-ready PDF files from some INPUT PDF files for booklet printing. The resulting files need to
       be printed in landscape/long edge double sided printing. The default paper format depends on  the  locale
       and is choosen by pdfjam. It can be set with the --paper option.

       Before the pdf is composed the INPUT file is cropped to the relevant area in order to discard unnecessary
       white spaces. In this process, all pages are cropped to the same dimensions. Extra margins can be defined
       at the edges of the booklet and in the middle where the binding occurs.

       The  OUTPUT  is  written  to  INPUT-book.pdf.  Existing  files  will  be overwritten. All input files are
       processed seperatly.

EXAMPLE

       To simply create a booklet from input.pdf you can use

              pdfbook2 input.pdf

       to create input-book.pdf. To select a special type of paper you can do

              pdfbook2 --paper=letter input.pdf

       for letter or

              pdfbook2 --paper=a4paper input.pdf

       for standard A4. To increase the inner margin for binding use

              pdfbook2 --inner-margin=200 input.pdf

       to increase the default value of 150. You can submit multiple files to the script for processing like

              pdfbook2 input1.pdf input2.pdf

       which will result in input1-book.pdf and input2-book.pdf.

OPTIONS

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
              show help message and exit

   GENERAL
       -p, --paper=STR
              Format of the output paper dimensions as latex keyword  (e.g.  a4paper,  letterpaper,  legalpaper,
              ...)

       -s, --short-edge
              Format the booklet for short-edge double-sided printing

       -n, --no-crop
              Prevent the cropping to the content area

   MARGINS
       -o, --outer-margin=INT
              Defines the outer margin in the booklet (default: 40)

       -i, --inner-margin=INT
              Defines the inner margin between the pages in the booklet (default: 150)

       -t, --top-margin=INT
              Defines the top margin in the booklet (default: 30)

       -b, --bottom-margin=INT
              Defines the bottom margin in the booklet (default: 30)

   ADVANCED
       --signature=INT
              Define the signature for the booklet handed to pdfjam, needs to be multiple of 4 (default: 4)

       --signature*=INT
              Same as --signature

       --resolution=INT
              Resolution used by ghostscript in bp (default: 72)

SEE ALSO

       pdfbook(1), pdfjam(1), pdfcrop(1)

ABOUT

       pdfbook2 v1.2
       (c) 2015 Johannes Neumann (http://www.neumannjo.de)
       licensed under GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
       based on pdfbook by David Firth with help from Marco Pessotto

LICENSE

       This  program  is  free  software:  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
       (at your option)  any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
       License  for  more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public  License along with
       this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

                                                  June 3, 2015                                       pdfbook2(1)