pdfxup

N-up PDF pages. N-upping means putting multiple pages onto one page by scaling and rotating them into a grid. More information: https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfxup.

• Create a 2-up PDF:

pdfxup -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf

• Create a PDF with 3 columns and 2 lines per page:

pdfxup -x 3 -y 2 -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf

• Create a PDF in booklet mode (2-up, and pages are sorted to form a book when folded):

pdfxup -b -o path/to/output.pdf path/to/input.pdf