This examples demonstrate the usage of pdfrecycle 0.05. They are using the files bigabc.pdf (each page contains one big letter) and big123.pdf (each page contains one big digit).
Contents
ANGLE
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 2x2
MARK Not rotated (default)
PAGE 1-4
MARK Rotate 45°
ANGLE 45
PAGE 1-4
MARK Rotate 90°
ANGLE 90
PAGE 1-4
MARK Rotate 180°
ANGLE 180
PAGE 1-4
MARK Rotate 270°
ANGLE 270
PAGE 1-4
AUTHOR
FILE bigabc.pdf
AUTHOR Sam Author
TITLE About stupid titles
SUBJECT Titles and such
CREATOR Not yet created
PRODUCER Rod Ucer
KEYWORDS Key, Words
LANGUAGE poor English
MARK See page properties
PAGE 1
COLUMNFIRST
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 3x3
MARK COLUMNFIRST no (default)
PAGE 1-8
COLUMNFIRST yes
MARK COLUMNFIRST yes
PAGE 1-8
CROP
FILE bigabc.pdf
MARK full page
PAGE 1
MARK with clip
CLIP yes
MARK1 cropped with autoscale
AUTOSCALE yes
CROP 5cm 3cm 7.5cm 20cm
PAGE 1
MARK1 cropped without autoscale
AUTOSCALE no
CROP 5cm 3cm 7.5cm 20cm
PAGE 1
MARK without clip
CLIP no
MARK1 cropped with autoscale
AUTOSCALE yes
CROP 5cm 3cm 7.5cm 20cm
PAGE 1
MARK1 cropped without autoscale
AUTOSCALE no
CROP 5cm 3cm 7.5cm 20cm
PAGE 1
MARK full page again
CROP 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm
PAGE 1
FILE
LAYOUT 2x2
FILE bigabc.pdf
MARK file bigabc.pdf
PAGE 1-4
FILE big123.pdf
MARK file big123.pdf
PAGE 1-4
MARK both
PAGE -2
FILE bigabc.pdf
PAGE -2
FRAME
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 3x3
MARK Without frames (default)
PAGE 1-8
MARK With frames
FRAME yes
PAGE 1-8
LANDSCAPE
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 2x2
MARK portrait (default)
PAGE 1-3
MARK landscape
LANDSCAPE true
PAGE 1-3
MARK landscape with rotated input pages
ANGLE 90
PAGE 1-3
MARK portrait again
LANDSCAPE false
ANGLE 0
PAGE 1-3
LAYOUT
FILE bigabc.pdf
MARK default is 1x1
PAGE 1
MARK 2x2
LAYOUT 2x2
PAGES -4
MARK 1x4
LAYOUT 1x4
PAGES -4
MARK 3x5
LAYOUT 3x5
PAGES -15
MARK 7x2
LAYOUT 7x2
PAGES -14
MARK 1x1 again
LAYOUT 1x1
PAGES 1
MARK
FILE big123.pdf
# No mark for page 1
PAGE 1
# A mark for page 2
MARK page 2
PAGE 2
# No mark for page 3
PAGE 3
# Page 4 has a mark
MARK page 4
PAGE 4
# Not used - it doesn't belong to any page
MARK The End
PAGE
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 2x2
MARK 1-4
PAGE 1-4
MARK 4-1
PAGE 4-1
MARK 1,3,5,7
PAGE 1,3,5,7
MARK 1-3,9
PAGE 1-3,9
MARK 1,7-9
PAGE 1,7-9
MARK 2,5-6,8
PAGE 2,5-6,8
MARK 1-1,2-2,3-3,4-4
PAGE 1-1,2-2,3-3,4-4
MARK 8,4-2
PAGE 8,4-2
MARK -2,9-
PAGE -2,9-
PAGEBREAK
LAYOUT 2x2
FILE bigabc.pdf
MARK without page break
PAGE 1-2
PAGE 3-4
MARK with page break
PAGE 1-2
PAGEBREAK
PAGE 3-4
MARK NEWPAGE does the same
NEWPAGE
PAGE 5-7
PAPERSIZE
FILE bigabc.pdf
LAYOUT 2x2
MARK a4
PAPERSIZE a4 - ignored
PAGE 1-4
MARK a5
PAPERSIZE a5 - ignored
PAGE 1-4
MARK letter
PAPERSIZE letter - ignored
PAGE 1-4
MARK legal
PAPERSIZE legal - ignored
PAGE 1-4
MARK executive
PAPERSIZE executive - this one is used
PAGE 1-4
SCALE
FILE big123.pdf
LAYOUT 2x2
MARK not scaled
PAGE 1-3
MARK Scaled by 0.5
SCALE 0.5
PAGE 1-3
MARK Scaled by 1.2
SCALE 1.2
PAGE 1-3