TL;DR
- Installation
Arch Linux:
- install texlive-binextra:
sudo pacman -Syu texlive-binextra - install texlive-latexrecommended:
sudo pacman -Syu texlive-latexrecommended
- install texlive-binextra:
Ubuntu (tested on 25.04):
- install texlive-extra-utils:
sudo apt install texlive-extra-utils
- install texlive-extra-utils:
- Usage
pdfjam --nup 2x2 -i infile.pdf -o outfile.pdf- generates a new pdf with a 2x2 grid of the pages of the input pdf per page
Most useful options
| Option | Example | Effect | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
--landscape/ --no-landscape | --landscape | landscape/portrait format | |
--nup axb with a and b being integers | --nup 2x3 | multiple (input)pages per (output)page | |
--paper spec | --paper a4paper or --a4paper | control scaling/sizing | common formats: a0paper, a1paper, a2paper, a3paper, a4paper, a5paper, a6paper,b0paper, b1paper, b2paper, b3paper, b4paper, b5paper, b6paper,c0paper, c1paper, c2paper, c3paper, c4paper, c5paper, c6paper,b0j, b1j, b2j, b3j, b4j, b5j, b6j,ansiapaper, ansibpaper, ansicpaper, ansidpaper, ansiepaper,letterpaper, executivepaper, legalpaper (source) |