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==Impose 4up on a page using pdfimpose== | ==Impose 4up on a page using pdfimpose== | ||
But first I need to install pdfimpose on breadcube, which at the moment is getting stuck building a wheel | But first I need to install pdfimpose on breadcube, which at the moment is getting stuck building a wheel for PyMuPDF, when I <code>$ pip install pdfimpose</code> I get an error ending like this: | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
running install | |||
running build | |||
running build_py | |||
running build_ext | |||
building 'fitz._fitz' extension | |||
swigging fitz/fitz.i to fitz/fitz_wrap.c | |||
swig -python -o fitz/fitz_wrap.c fitz/fitz.i | |||
error: command 'swig' failed: No such file or directory | |||
---------------------------------------- | |||
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-gvmhv_of/pymupdf_2a274ee5eb254f46956890df6daa0bc0/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-gvmhv_of/pymupdf_2a274ee5eb254f46956890df6daa0bc0/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-vyct1c_5/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --user --prefix= --compile --install-headers /home/log/.local/include/python3.9/pymupdf Check the logs for full command output. | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
So I guess I need to install SWIG first. | |||
When it does work what will I need? Crop marks can be added using <code>mark=[‘crop’]</code>. pdfimpose seems to work using schemas, there is already one called [https://pdfimpose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/lib/cards/ cards] which is 4-up. | When it does work what will I need? Crop marks can be added using <code>mark=[‘crop’]</code>. pdfimpose seems to work using schemas, there is already one called [https://pdfimpose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/lib/cards/ cards] which is 4-up. | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 30 October 2022
I just want to print playing cards as an imposed PDF with crop marks why is this so hard. I liked Simon's page where he wrote his process of trying to do something similar, so here is an attempt at a step by step.
The aim: Take two source PDFs, one is a multi page document with 70 x 95mm playing cards (front only) and another is an arbitrary sized single page PDF with the artwork for the common back of all the cards. I would like to convert these into a single PDF which is 4-up on an A4 sheet, with crop marks (both documents currently have no crop marks or bleed).
Breaking the process into steps:
Make the front pages
Break the document into individual pages
As per Simon's page, pdftk did a good job of this:
#burst the source PDF, keep the name of the source plus page number (-%d) $ pdftk source.pdf burst output source-%d.pdf
Impose 4up on a page using pdfimpose
But first I need to install pdfimpose on breadcube, which at the moment is getting stuck building a wheel for PyMuPDF, when I $ pip install pdfimpose I get an error ending like this:
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'fitz._fitz' extension
swigging fitz/fitz.i to fitz/fitz_wrap.c
swig -python -o fitz/fitz_wrap.c fitz/fitz.i
error: command 'swig' failed: No such file or directory
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-gvmhv_of/pymupdf_2a274ee5eb254f46956890df6daa0bc0/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-gvmhv_of/pymupdf_2a274ee5eb254f46956890df6daa0bc0/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-vyct1c_5/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --user --prefix= --compile --install-headers /home/log/.local/include/python3.9/pymupdf Check the logs for full command output.
So I guess I need to install SWIG first.
When it does work what will I need? Crop marks can be added using mark=[‘crop’]. pdfimpose seems to work using schemas, there is already one called cards which is 4-up.
Make the back pages
Resize the document to 70 x 95mm
Image magick can probably do this like below:
#to resize to specific pixel dimensions such as 256x256 $ magick mogrify -resize 256x256 new_source.pdf
Run the same imposition as above
When we get that working. Also the pdfimpose cards schema has an option for back?
Assemble imposed PDFs into a single file
Or not. But could be nice to collate them so the printer can print one doc double sided. Work and turn or tumble? I think the printer in WDKa has the leading edge at the left. Can this be controlled in pdfimpose? From pdfimpose site: "When printing an imposed PDF, it shall be printed two-sided, the binding edge on the left or right."