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Michael Murtaugh 5d34db91b7 useful scripts for layout 5 years ago

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# Requirements: psutils, pdftk, python3 with reportlab (make_blank_pdf.py)
input=$1
base=${input%.*}
echo converting $input to $base.booklet.pdf
pdftk_utils.py $input pad --multiple 4 --output $base.01.pdf
pdftops -paper match $base.01.pdf $base.01.ps
psbook -s16 $base.01.ps $base.02.ps
psnup -2 -PA4 $base.02.ps $base.03.ps
ps2pdf $base.03.ps $base.booklet.pdf
rm $base.01.pdf $base.01.ps $base.02.ps $base.03.ps

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# Requirements: psutils, pdftk, python3 with reportlab (make_blank_pdf.py)
input=$1
base=${input%.*}
echo converting $input to $base.booklet.pdf
pdftk_utils.py $input pad --multiple 4 --output $base.01.pdf
pdftops -paper match $base.01.pdf $base.01.ps
psbook -s`pdftk_utils.py $base.01.pdf count` $base.01.ps $base.02.ps
psnup -2 -PA4 $base.02.ps $base.03.ps
ps2pdf $base.03.ps $base.booklet.pdf
rm $base.01.pdf $base.01.ps $base.02.ps $base.03.ps

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse, sys
from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter, A4
from reportlab.lib.units import inch, cm
# from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont, pdfmetrics
def make_blank_pdf (path, pages, size=A4):
c = Canvas(path, pagesize=size)
for i in range(pages):
c.setPageSize(size)
c.showPage()
c.save()
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser("")
ap.add_argument("output")
ap.add_argument("--number", "-n", type=int, default=1)
ap.add_argument("--size", default=None)
args = ap.parse_args()
size = A4
if args.size:
if args.size.lower() == "letter":
size = letter
make_blank_pdf(args.output, args.number, size)

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess, re, shutil
"""
examples
count pages
pdftk_utils.py test.pdf count
pad pdf to a multiple of a given number of pages (uses make_blank_pdf.py/reportlab)
pdftk_utils.py test.pdf pad --multiple 4 --output padded.pdf
"""
def count_pages (path):
p = subprocess.Popen(["pdftk", path, "dump_data"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
out, _ = p.communicate()
out = out.decode("utf-8")
m = re.search("^NumberOfPages: (\d+)", out, flags=re.M)
return int(m.group(1))
def pad_to_multiple (path, multiple, output, alwaysOutput=True):
import make_blank_pdf, tempfile, os
n = count_pages(path)
cur_pages = n
while n % multiple != 0:
n += 1
pages_to_add = n - cur_pages
if pages_to_add > 0:
_, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(".pdf")
make_blank_pdf.make_blank_pdf(tmp, pages_to_add)
# print ("pdftk A=\"{0}\" B=\"{1}\" cat A B output {2}".format(path, tmp, args.output))
p = subprocess.Popen(["pdftk", "A={0}".format(path), "B={0}".format(tmp), "cat", "A", "B", "output", args.output], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
out, _ = p.communicate()
out = out.decode("utf-8")
os.remove(tmp)
return output
elif alwaysOutput:
# in the event of no need for padding, simply copy the input file
shutil.copyfile(path, output)
return output
if __name__ == "__main__":
import argparse
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser("")
ap.add_argument("path")
subparsers = ap.add_subparsers()
count = subparsers.add_parser("count")
count.set_defaults(func=count_pages)
pad = subparsers.add_parser("pad")
pad.add_argument("--multiple", type=int, default=None)
pad.add_argument("--output", default="padded.pdf")
pad.set_defaults(func=pad_to_multiple)
args = ap.parse_args()
oargs = dict(vars(args))
del oargs['func']
print (args.func(**oargs))
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