snippetbashTip

pdfxup — N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them int

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

Viewed 0 times

puttingcommandpdfxuppagesclipdfmeansupping

linux

Problem

How to use the pdfxup command: N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: <https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup>.

Solution

pdfxup — N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: <https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup>.

Create a 2-up PDF:

pdfxup {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Create a PDF with 3 columns and 2 lines per page:

pdfxup {{[-x|--columns]}} {{3}} {{[-y|--rows]}} {{2}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Create a PDF in booklet mode (2-up, and pages are sorted to form a book when folded):

pdfxup {{[-b|--booklet]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Code Snippets

Create a 2-up PDF

pdfxup {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Create a PDF with 3 columns and 2 lines per page

pdfxup {{[-x|--columns]}} {{3}} {{[-y|--rows]}} {{2}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Create a PDF in booklet mode (2-up, and pages are sorted to form a book when folded)

pdfxup {{[-b|--booklet]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output.pdf}} {{path/to/input.pdf}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pdfxup

Revisions (0)

No revisions yet.