pdfxup Command Examples

N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup.

• Create a 2-up PDF:

pdfxup {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Create a PDF with 3 columns and 2 lines per page:

pdfxup {{[-x|--columns]}} {{3}} {{[-y|--rows]}} {{2}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

• Create a PDF in booklet mode (2-up, and pages are sorted to form a book when folded):

pdfxup {{[-b|--booklet]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}