snippetbashTip

pdfposter — Convert a large-sheeted PDF into multiple A4 pages for printing. More information: <https://pdfposte

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

Viewed 0 times

largecommandsheetedconvertclipdfintopdfposter

Problem

How to use the pdfposter command: Convert a large-sheeted PDF into multiple A4 pages for printing. More information: <https://pdfposter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Usage.html>.

Solution

pdfposter — Convert a large-sheeted PDF into multiple A4 pages for printing. More information: <https://pdfposter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Usage.html>.

Convert an A2 poster into 4 A4 pages:

pdfposter {{[-p|--poster-size]}} a2 {{input_file.pdf}} {{output_file.pdf}}

Scale an A4 poster to A3 and then generate 2 A4 pages:

pdfposter {{[-s|--scale]}} 2 {{input_file.pdf}} {{output_file.pdf}}

Code Snippets

Convert an A2 poster into 4 A4 pages

pdfposter {{[-p|--poster-size]}} a2 {{input_file.pdf}} {{output_file.pdf}}

Scale an A4 poster to A3 and then generate 2 A4 pages

pdfposter {{[-s|--scale]}} 2 {{input_file.pdf}} {{output_file.pdf}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pdfposter

Revisions (0)

No revisions yet.