I'll leave it here just in case. pdf -> booklet -> split odd/even -> reverse even (in case your printer cant do duplex)Here's a small script that shall allow you to prepare a pdf for printing in a book format. crudeInput for the script is just a file name, output is a directory containing a pdf arranged in booklets 16 pages each, plus separate files with even and odd pages of booklets which is sometimes useful for printing.
crude, fragile, but gets things done
#!/bin/bash set -ex FILE_NAME="$1" SIGNATURE_SIZE=16 BASE_NAME="$(basename $FILE_NAME .pdf)" OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="./${BASE_NAME}-output" BOOKLET_NAME=${BASE_NAME}-book.pdf ODD_NAME=${BASE_NAME}-odd.pdf EVEN_NAME=${BASE_NAME}-even.pdf EVEN_REVERSE_NAME=${BASE_NAME}-even-reverse.pdf rm -rf ${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} pushd ${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} cp ../${FILE_NAME} ${FILE_NAME} pdfbook2 --signature=${SIGNATURE_SIZE} ${FILE_NAME} pdftk A=${BOOKLET_NAME} cat Aodd output ${ODD_NAME} pdftk A=${BOOKLET_NAME} cat Aeven output ${EVEN_NAME} pdftk ${EVEN_NAME} cat end-1 output ${EVEN_REVERSE_NAME} popd set +ex