Create custom multiple page layout from a pdf file
I have a pdf file that I want to use it to create another pdf in 3-up (show 3 pages in each page) version. The output will look like slide handout printed from Powerpoint. First,I installed package psutils. A page from Novell website gives a tutorial on how to use psutils. Here is how I created a slide handout from a pdf file.
Convert pdf file into ps file:
$ pdf2ps input.pdf input.ps
Create layout for the new postscript file from multiple pages (3-up):
$ pstops -d2 '3:0R@0.3(2.5cm,26cm)+1R@0.3(2.5cm,18cm)+2R@0.3(2.5cm,10cm)' input.ps output.ps
Display the postscript file (optional to make sure that it looks okay):
$ evince output.ps
Convert ps file to pdf file:
$ ps2pdf output.ps output.pdf
We finish, display the pdf file:
$ evince output.pdf