http://unixwars.com/2008/03/10/bookbinding-howto-1-printing-process/ Taher Shihadeh's ragbag Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:33:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://unixwars.com/2008/03/10/bookbinding-howto-1-printing-process/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Taher Shihadeh Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:02:49 +0000 http://unixwars.com/2008/03/10/bookbinding-howto-1-printing-process/#comment-204 I think pdftrim could do something like that (trimming the margins automatically), but it took so long that it was practically useless with big books. I could have sworn it was part of pdfjam, but I see no trace of it right now. It has been a couple of years since the last time I used pdftrim, so maybe it just vanished from the package (or more likely, it comes in another bundle which I'm incapable of finding right now). I think pdftrim could do something like that (trimming the margins automatically), but it took so long that it was practically useless with big books. I could have sworn it was part of pdfjam, but I see no trace of it right now. It has been a couple of years since the last time I used pdftrim, so maybe it just vanished from the package (or more likely, it comes in another bundle which I’m incapable of finding right now).

]]> http://unixwars.com/2008/03/10/bookbinding-howto-1-printing-process/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Allan Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:05:05 +0000 http://unixwars.com/2008/03/10/bookbinding-howto-1-printing-process/#comment-203 Thanks for the information on the pdf tools. I used ps2eps on each page before to cut-out excess margins automatically then a psmerge or something. The problem comes when you have tilted ebooks resulting from ocr-ed pdf files. Each book will have a different bounding box. Doing a manual trim/ crop sometimes cuts-out some pages so careful inspection of each is needed. Thanks for the information on the pdf tools. I used ps2eps on each page before to cut-out excess margins automatically then a psmerge or something. The problem comes when you have tilted ebooks resulting from ocr-ed pdf files. Each book will have a different bounding box. Doing a manual trim/ crop sometimes cuts-out some pages so careful inspection of each is needed.

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