Simple command line tool for merging and printing pdfs for duplex printing as a single job.
Note that I am aware of the fact that the code could be cleaner. It just works ☺. The code for generating a blank PDF is based on a post by Dingo on stackoverflow.
Ruby 1.8.7 or newer, pdftk. Installing pdfinfo speeds up the merging process.
This program should run on all UNIX systems. Tested on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04 and OS X Mountain Lion.
In order to use this tool, simply put the files on your path.
sudo su
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/jmerlevede/mergepdfs.git
ln -s /opt/mergepdfs/mergepdfs /usr/local/bin/mergepdfs
ln -s /opt/mergepdfs/printpdfs /usr/local/bin/printpdfs
mergepdfs --help
mergepdfs 1.1 by Jonathan Merlevede
Usage: mergepdfs output[.pdf]
mergepdfs input1[.pdf] input2[.pdf] ... output[.pdf]
mergepdfs is a simple command line script for merging PDF
files. White pages are added so that each of the PDF files
that is merged starts on an uneven page. The resulting
output file can then be printed as a single file in duplex
mode.
When not specifying input files, the script processes all
PDFs in the active directory.
Dependencies: pdftk
printpdfs --help
printpdfs 1.1 by Jonathan Merlevede
Usage: printpdfs -p printer input1[.pdf] input2[.pdf] ...
printpdfs input1[.pdf] input2[.pdf] ...
printpdfs
printpdfs is a simple command line script for printing PDF
files in duplex mode as a single print job, with each PDF
file starting on a new sheet of paper.
Use the -p option to specify the name of a printer to send
the print job to. It is not necessary to type out the name
of the printer in full.
When not specifying input files, the script processes all
PDFs in the active directory.
Dependencies: mergepdfs, lpstat, lp