pdfposter
Scale and tile PDF images/pages to print on multiple pages.
| Author: | Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> |
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| Version: | Version 0.6.1dev |
| Copyright: | 2008-2013 by Hartmut Goebel |
| Licence: | GNU Public Licence v3 (GPLv3) |
| Homepage: | http://pythonhosted.org/pdftools.pdfposter/ |
Pdfposter can be used to create a large poster by building it from
multiple pages and/or printing it on large media. It expects as input a
PDF file, normally printing on a single page. The output is again a
PDF file, maybe containing multiple pages together building the
poster.
The input page will be scaled to obtain the desired size.
This is much like poster does for Postscript files, but working
with PDF. Since sometimes poster does not like your files converted
from PDF. :-) Indeed pdfposter was inspired by poster.
For more information please refer to the manpage or visit the project homepage.
Requirements and Installation
Pdfposter requires
- `Python 2.x`__ or higher (tested with 2.5 and 2.6, but other versions should work, too, Python 3.x is not supported),
- `setuptools`__ for installation (see below), and
- pyPdf2.
| Hints for installing on Windows: | Following the links above you will find .msi and .exe-installers. Simply install them and continue with installing pdfposter. |
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| Hints for installing on GNU/Linux: | Most current GNU/Linux distributions provide packages for the requirements. Look for packages names like python-setuptools and python-pypdf2. Simply install them and continue with installing pdfposter. |
| Hint for installing on other platforms: | Many vendors provide Python. Please check your vendors software repository. Otherwise please download Python 2.6 (or any higer version from the 2.x series) from http://www.python.org/download/ and follow the installation instructions there. After installing Python, install `setuptools`__. You may want to read More Hints on Installing setuptools first. |
Using setuptools, compiling and installing the remaining requirements is a piece of cake:
# if the system has network access easy_install PyPdf2 # without network access download PyPdf2 # from http://mstamy2.github.io/PyPDF2/ and run easy_install PyPdf2-*.zip
Installing pdfposter
When you are reading this you most probably already downloaded and unpacked pdfposter. Thus installing is as easy as running:
python ./setup.py install
Otherwise you may install directly using setuptools/easy_install. If your system has network access installing pdfposter is a breeze:
easy_install pdftools.pdfposter
Without network access download pdfposter from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfposter and run:
easy_install pdftools.pdfposter-*.tar.gz
More Hints on Installing setuptools
pdfposter uses setuptools for installation. Thus you need either
- network access, so the install script will automatically download and install setuptools if they are not already installed
or
- the correct version of setuptools preinstalled using the `EasyInstall installation instructions`__. Those instructions also have tips for dealing with firewalls as well as how to manually download and install setuptools.
Custom Installation Locations
pdfposter is just a single script (aka Python program). So you can
copy it where ever you want (maybe fixing the first line). But it's
easier to just use:
# install to /usr/local/bin python ./setup.py install --prefix /usr/local # install to your Home directory (~/bin) python ./setup.py install --home ~
Please mind: This effects also the installation of PyPdf2 (and setuptools) if they are not already installed.
For more information about Custom Installation Locations please refer
to the `Custom Installation Locations Instructions`__ before
installing pdfposter.