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Re: Print several (small) pages on A4/Letter sheet



On Sun 19 Jan 2020 at 08:29:46 -0700, Charles Curley wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:42:08 +0100
> Rainer Dorsch <ml@bokomoko.de> wrote:
> 
> > I have a pdf file with a page size of 186x65 mm2. If I print that on
> > A4, I get printouts which are mainly white, except the 186x65 mm2.
> > 
> > Is there a good way to get it printed in a compact way (e.g. 4 pages
> > on top of each other on an A4 sheet)? I could not find an option in
> > pdftk, so any advice or hint is welcome...
> 
> That is called printing N-up, in your case 4-up. Assuming you have CUPS
> installed, look at the number_up option,
> http://localhost:631/help/options.html#NUMBERUP

A decent idea, but Rainer Dorsch is happy with --nup '1x4'. CUPS will
not produce such a layout.

-- 
Brian.


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