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keble
keble

Reputation: 93

Converting PDF to 2up with PyPDF2

I'm trying to convert a series of pdf files to 2up so they can be read like a magazine.

I've seen the pdfjam scripts, which seem quite complex to install on Mac, so I tried using PyPDF2. I thought I could use the setPageLayout('/TwoPageRight') method on a PdfFileMerger object, then merge the input file. But this doesn't change the output format at all.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Is there a better way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 736

Answers (1)

keble
keble

Reputation: 93

As mentioned in my comment, I found a solution at https://github.com/py-pdf/cpdf/blob/main/cpdf/up2.py

reader = PdfReader("example.pdf")
writer = PdfWriter()
for i in range(0, len(reader.pages) - 1, 2):
    lhs = reader.pages[i]
    rhs = reader.pages[i + 1]
    lhs.mergeTranslatedPage(rhs, float(lhs.mediabox.right), 0, True)
    writer.add_page(lhs)


with open("2-up.pdf", "wb") as fp:
    writer.write(fp)

Upvotes: 1

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