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merge-front-back
Command line program merge_front_back to merge two single-sided scanned PDFs into a duplex document.
Scan the odd pages first with your scanner. Flip your stack of paper over and scan the even pages into a seperate document. The pages will be scanned in reverse order.
Use merge_front_back to interleave the pages into a propertly ordered PDF.
Instructions are available, run the command without arguments:
merge_front_back
Installation
For General Use on an Operating system.
Install pipx if you don't already have it installed: https://github.com/pypa/pipx.
Install merge-front-back
pipx install merge-front-back
On Windows
On Windows you can use this to install pipx:
Install Scoop:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
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Install a systemwide Python. If you have uv installed:
uv python install --default
Otherwise install Python.
Install pipx:
scoop install pipx
pipx ensurepath
Now install merge-front-back:
pipx install merge-front-back
For Use in a Specific Python Enviornment
This project uses Python packaging and is compatible with uv.
For an editiable install:
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .
To simply install in your current Python environment:
pip install merge-front-back
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