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Easily create n-up PDFs Apps
I was searching for a way to create "n-up" PDFs (a number 'n' of PDFs per page) beyond the standard options in the Print -> Layout dialog box, so of course I turned to Google (after searching macosxhints to no avail). On a whim, I searched for "print layout OS X pdf n-up," which turned up this gem: PDF Nup Maker, a handy front end for TeX's pdfpages utility. Since I already had TeX (from an installation of the GIMP using fink), I was ready to roll!

[robg adds: The above link contains a pointer to this 'TeX on Mac OS X' page, in case you don't want to use Fink.]
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Easily create n-up PDFs
Authored by: prash2anth on Sep 29, '04 02:14:15PM

You can also do this by changing the printing options. When you click on print, you see a tab called "Copies and Pages". In this tab, there is also something called "Layout". Under layout, you can select how many pages you would like to be placed in a single Letter or A4 sheet. Then click on save as PDF to get the same result.



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Yes, but...
Authored by: mikerose on Sep 29, '04 04:05:00PM

I wanted a 3-up configuration, which is not allowed by Apple's layout panel. To get an arbitrary number of pages per print page, this was the quickest method I found.



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And here is the reason why
Authored by: simonpie on Sep 30, '04 09:57:33AM
Apple print window uses CUPS for every options, and the CUPS manual is quite clear :

CUPS supports 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16-Up formats

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Easily create n-up PDFs
Authored by: suppaman on Apr 20, '05 03:40:40AM

The problem is you (or at least, me) get margins between the single pages into a sheet, margins that are way greater than what they would be with a single page per sheet.

Is there a way to remove additional margins ?



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