---
name: "bookletimposer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bookletimposer"
version: "0.3.1-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bookletimposer"
---

# bookletimposer(1)

An utility to reorganize PDF pages

## NAME

**bookletimposer** - An utility to reorganize PDF pages

## SYNOPSIS

**bookletimposer** \[*options*\] \[*input-file*\]

**bookletimposer** **-a** \[*options*\] *input-file*

## DESCRIPTION

bookletimposer is an utility to achieve some basic imposition on PDF documents, especially designed to work on booklets.

It allows:

- •

  to transform linear documents to booklets;

- •

  to reduce a document to put many on one sheet (for handouts for example);

- •

  to transform booklets to linear documents.

It is a free software released under the GNU General Public License, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version.

## OPTIONS

### `--version`

show program’s version number and exit.

### `-h`, `--help`

show an help message and exit.

### `-o` *OUTFILE*, `--output=`*OUTFILE*

set output PDF file to *OUTFILE*.

### `-a`, `--no-gui`

automatic conversion (don’t show the user interface). In that mode, the input file must be defined.

### `-i`, `--gui`

show the user interface (default).

### `-b`, `--booklet`

produce a booklet out of a linear document (default).

### `-l`, `--linearize`

produce a linear document out of a booklet.

### `-n`, `--no-reorganisation`

don’t reorganize (will only scale and assemble pages).

### `-c`, `--copy-pages`

copy the same group of input pages on one output page.

### `-p` *PAGES\_PER\_SHEET*, `--pages-per-sheet=`*PAGES\_PER\_SHEET*

number of pages per sheet, in the format HORIZONTALxVERTICAL, e.g. 2x1.

### `-f` *OUTPUT\_FORMAT*, `--format=`*OUTPUT\_FORMAT*

output page format, e.g. A4 or A3R.

### `-k`, `--keep`

do not overwrite output file if it exists.

## EXAMPLES

### bookletimposer

Displays the GTK+ user interface.

### bookletimposer –no-gui –booklet –pages-per-sheet=2x1 –output=out.pdf in.pdf

Converts in.pdf into a booklet with two pages per sheet an saves the result as out.pdf.

### bookletimposer –no-gui –linearise –pages-per-sheet=2x1 in.pdf

Converts the two-pages-per-sheet booklet in.pdf into a page-by-page PDF. As the output file name is not defined, it will default to in-conv.pdf.

## SEE ALSO

[pdfshuffler(1)](/pdfshuffler/1.md)

BookletImposer source code and documentation can be found on the web at⟨https://kjo.herbesfolles.org/bookletimposer/⟩\\c

## KNOWN ISSUES

BookletImposer should be quite stable. Thanks to report bugs to ⟨kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org⟩\\c  if you find some!

## AUTHORS

Kjö Hansi Glaz ⟨kjo@a4nancy.net.eu.org⟩\\c.