Print two pages per sheet, one side

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Hi to all Debian users.

I wish to print a large pdf document two pages per A4 sheet one side only, but:

1) I want that the text side is not reduced, since I checked it is small
   enough to fit in the sheet the size it is;

2) I want to print it first into another pdf file before sending it to a
   printer.

Is it possible to achieve that, and how?

Thanks for any help
Rodolfo