pdfposter

Create 2x2 poster

$ pdfposter -p 2x2 [input.pdf] [output.pdf]

$ pdfposter -s 4 [input.pdf] [output.pdf]

$ pdfposter -m a4 [input.pdf] [output.pdf]

$ pdfposter -p 3x3 -o [10mm] [input.pdf] [output.pdf]

$ pdfposter -n -p 2x2 [input.pdf] [output.pdf]

pdfposter [-p tiles] [-s scale] [-m media] input output

pdfposter creates posters from PDF. It tiles pages for large prints.
Splits single page into multiple. Print and assemble.
Scale factor determines size. 2x means twice original.
Tile specification sets layout. 2x2 makes 4 pages.
Overlap helps assembly. Tiles share edges.

-p COLSxROWS

Tile layout.

Scale factor.

Output media size.

Overlap between tiles.

Dry run, no output.

Verbose output.

Requires PyPDF2 or pypdf. Python-based tool. Large posters need many pages.

pdfposter was created for making large posters from PDF documents by splitting them across multiple printable pages.

pdfjam(1), poster(1), pdfnup(1)