User:Rama/printing signatures

Odd pages of the book are on the right of the book when it is open. They must be odd pages of PDF document.

Pair pages of the book are on the left of the book when it is open. They must be pair pages of PDF document.

To have pages in the correct disposition, we might need to remove a cover page, or add blank pages in the document, e.g. after chapter changes.

Remove front page

       pdfjam input.pdf '2-' --outfile plouf.pdf

Add empty page

Add empty page between pages 23 and 24 (e.g. for a chapter change)

       pdfjam plouf.pdf '1-23,{},24-' --outfile plouf.pdf

Create signatures

Here, 20 pages in signatue, i.e. 5 sheets think at the fold. Change ad lib, in multiples of 4: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, etc.

       pdfjam --landscape --signature 20 plouf.pdf --outfile plouf.pdf