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Scale PDF disproportionally

Monday, March 31st, 2008 by rubypdf

there is a requirement from Planet Pdf Forum

I have 600 PDFs that need to be scaled 87.5% horizontally and 93% vertically. What Acrobat 8 plug-in or software do I need?

and here is the demo version of the solution, bases on iText, developed in java, so can be run at windows, Linux, FreeBSD and mac OX. it just needs jvm1.4
pdfresize(519K)

PortableNotary-an open source software to verify pdf signature

Friday, February 15th, 2008 by rubypdf

PortableNotary is an open source software to verify pdf signature, bases on iText, you can download it from here.

PortableNotary permits you to verify pdf signature. It is OS independent and can be used from command line.

using nup_pdf to convert PDF to booklet

Monday, January 14th, 2008 by rubypdf

from planetpdf forum, some body asked a question about ” Print PDf like book”

Suppose i have 12 pages in my pdf, I would like to print pdf on front and back sides (with 2 pages on front and 2 pages on back):
Here is the result I would like to have :
Front page 1 : 12p-1p
Back page 1 : 2p-11p
Front page 2 : 10p-3p
Back page 2 : 4p-9p
Front page 3 : 8p-5p
Back page 3 : 6p-7p

So I think maybe nup_pdf can do this job, after tested, we can do it in this way
nup_pdf in.pdf out.pdf 2 -k 1

reference:
how to make N-up PDF with free software
http://forum.planetpdf.com/webboard/wbpx.dll/read?163955,7