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At my university we have a web service which allows us to upload PDF files and print them. Sometimes I want to print two or even four pages of the document on one page of the paper. As the online service doesn't allow me to choose this option (like Adobe Reader does), I have to change the PDF.

How can I change the PDF in this way (on a Ubuntu Linux machine)?

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    This is usually a function of the printer driver, not the application.
    – music2myear
    Commented Oct 24, 2011 at 17:20

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  • Go to File > Print
  • Select Print to File with output type PDF
  • On the page setup tab look for Pages per side
  • Here select 4 and hit print.

This will create a new file with 4 pages on each page.

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  • Thanks for this beautiful solution. I didn't look at "print to file" because I thought I would give me a postscript document. +1 and accept!
    – Martin Thoma
    Commented Oct 24, 2011 at 18:20
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For something fairly automated, you can use the PDFJam scripts for this. Info here.

For another option, with a GUI, check out jpdftweak

I use another Linux distro, but I'm sure these are available for Ubuntu without too much trouble.

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