merge-front-back 1.0.0b1

Merge two single-sided scanned PDFs into a duplex document

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

Install pipx if you don't already have it installed: https://github.com/pypa/pipx. On Windows you can use this to install pipx:

winget install pipx
pipx ensurepath
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Now install merge-front-back:

```bash
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