PDF & PostScript

Dependencies: pdftk, ghostscript (gs), impose, psselect, sam2p, eps2eps

Script	Description
`eps2eps-batch.sh`	Batch process all EPS files with eps2eps, output to parent directory
`impose-batch.sh`	Batch apply impose (2-up) to files for printing
`impose-pdf.sh`	Convert PDF to 2-up layout for non-duplex printing
`par_impar_impose.sh`	Separate odd/even pages for non-duplex printers
`pdf_1page.sh`	Batch extract first page from PDFs
`pdf_2pages.sh`	Batch extract first 2 pages from PDFs
`pdf2eps.sh`	Batch convert PDFs to EPS (for academic papers)
`pdfshrink.sh`	Compress grayscale scanned PDFs via ghostscript
`sam2p-batch.sh`	Batch convert images (jpg, png) to EPS

Usage

sh PDF-PS/pdfshrink.sh input.pdf output.pdf

Compresses a PDF using Ghostscript with the ebook quality preset. Useful for shrinking scanned grayscale documents.

sh PDF-PS/impose-pdf.sh file1.pdf file2.pdf ...

Converts PDFs to PostScript, applies 2-up imposition, and fixes page ordering for non-duplex printing. Outputs *.ps.imposed files.

sh PDF-PS/impose-batch.sh <extension>

Batch version of impose — applies 2-up layout to all files matching the given extension.

sh PDF-PS/pdf_1page.sh <output_dirname>

Extracts the first page of every PDF in the current directory and saves it to the specified output directory.

sh PDF-PS/pdf_2pages.sh

Extracts the first two pages of every PDF in the current directory and saves them to a 2pages/ subdirectory.

sh PDF-PS/pdf2eps.sh

Batch converts all PDFs in the current directory to EPS format at publication quality.

sh PDF-PS/par_impar_impose.sh

Separates odd and even pages from PDFs for printing on non-duplex printers.

sh PDF-PS/sam2p-batch.sh <format>
# example:
sh PDF-PS/sam2p-batch.sh jpg

Batch converts image files of the given format (e.g., jpg, png) to EPS using sam2p.

sh PDF-PS/eps2eps-batch.sh

Runs eps2eps on all EPS files in the current directory and writes output to the parent directory.