merge-front-back 1.0.0b2

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 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