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Day: December 30, 2012

  • Poster-izing PDFs

    For reasons best left to the imagination, we needed some large signs for the front yard. I must look this up every time I do it, so here’s the process…

    • Create document in LibreOffice (or whatever), save as PDF
    • Convert PDF to EPS = Encapsulated Postscript
    • Apply poster to enlarge & paginate
    • Convert PS to PDF for ease of printing

    Bash does the heavy lifting, after you install whatever packages your Linux distro may not have included:

    pdftops -eps OnePage.pdf PosterPage.ps
poster -v -m Letter -p20x28i -o PosterMulti.ps PosterPage.ps
ps2pdf PosterMulti.ps

    Then it’s a simple matter of a cutting mat, a razor knife, a glue stick, and some tape…

    Memo to Self: Align the lower row along the hardwood floor planks!