pdf-to-book 0.0.1

Lightweight Python package for converting a pdf into a print-ready book format.

pdf-to-book

Lightweight Python package for converting a pdf into a print-ready book format. Takes in portrait orientation pdf file pages and puts two pages onto each side of paper. Handles imposition for easy ordering of pages after folding/cutting (2-up, duplex ready layout)

Features

• Supports letter and A4 print paper sizes
• Adjustable gutter and margin to account for space taken up by binding
• Adjustable zoom level
• Optional line between pages indicating where to fold/cut

Install dependencies:

pip install PyMuPDF

Install pdf-to-book:

pip install pdf-to-book

Quickstart

If your python Scripts folder is included in PATH, you can directly call pdf-to-book as:

pdf-to-book input.pdf output.pdf

Alternatively you can call it via python:

python -m pdf_to_book input.pdf output.pdf

General usage

usage: pdf-to-book [-h] [--paper PAPER] [--gutter-mm GUTTER_MM] [--margin-mm MARGIN_MM] [--zoom ZOOM] [--line] input output

positional arguments:
  input                 input PDF
  output                output PDF (2-up, duplex-ready)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --paper PAPER         paper size: 'auto' (default), 'letter', or 'a4'
  --gutter-mm GUTTER_MM
                        inner gutter in mm (default 6 mm)
  --margin-mm MARGIN_MM
                        outer/top/bottom margin in mm (default 4 mm)
  --zoom ZOOM           page zoom factor (e.g. 1.2 = 120%). Default 1.0
  --line                draw vertical fold/cut guide line at center

Example

See the example folder for a conversion of the first four pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground"

Here are screenshots resulting from the following command:

pdf-to-book --zoom 1.25 --line input.pdf output.pdf