pdfxup

Create 2-up PDF

$ pdfxup -o [path/to/output.pdf] [path/to/input.pdf]

$ pdfxup -x 3 -y 2 -o [path/to/output.pdf] [path/to/input.pdf]

$ pdfxup -b -o [path/to/output.pdf] [path/to/input.pdf]

pdfxup [-o output] [-x cols] [-y rows] [-b|--booklet] input.pdf

pdfxup arranges multiple PDF pages onto single sheets (n-up printing). It scales and rotates pages to fit into a grid layout, useful for creating handouts, booklets, or reducing paper usage when printing.
The booklet mode arranges pages so that when printed double-sided and folded, they form a properly ordered book. This is useful for creating small publications from PDF documents.

-o, --output _file_

Output PDF file path

Number of columns per page

Number of rows per page

Booklet mode for folding into a book

Output paper size

Landscape orientation

Requires LaTeX and pdfpages package. Complex PDFs with forms or annotations may not render correctly. Output quality depends on scaling factor. Very small n-up layouts may be difficult to read.

pdfxup is part of the TeX Live distribution and uses LaTeX with the pdfpages package internally. It provides a convenient command-line interface for PDF page imposition tasks commonly needed in print preparation.

pdfjam(1), pdfnup(1), pdfbook(1)