Imposition

An example of an imposition of a PDF, in this case to print a PDF in a booklet format. Screenshot from https://pdfcpu.io/generate/booklet.

There are many ways to do imposition!

Imposition tools

• Manual way: CTRL+P, write the order of printing in the field "Pages"
• psutil (Python)
• pdfbook2 (CLI, part of the texlive-extra-utils in Debian)
• pdfjam (CLI, part of the texlive-extra-utils in Debian)
• pdfxup (CLI, part of the texlive-extra-utils in Debian)
• podofo + documentation from 75 (CLI)
• BookletImposer (GUI)
• jPDF Tweak (GUI)
• pdfcpu (CLI)
• Imagemagick (CLI; using montage, convert)

Examples, scripts & boilerplates

• Example of an impositioned PDF for booklet printing: File:Wiki-wiki-book.pdf
• make_booklet.sh, by Yann Trividic
• Bookletor, by Quentin Juhel
• Paged.js imposition "extension", by Quentin Juhel and Julien Taquet; see also this live example made by Julien Bidoret
• Imposition howto's during SI5 (using Imagemagick)
• How to make a booklet with psutils (at Scribus wiki)
• Scribus wiki: How to make impositions with pstops
• Making booklets from PDF files using psbook and psnup