mutool poster

The poster command reads the input PDF file and for each page chops it up into x by y pieces. Each piece becomes its own page in the output PDF file. This makes it possible for each page to be printed upscaled and can then be merged into a large poster.

mutool poster [options] input.pdf [output.pdf]

[options]

Options are as follows:

-p password

Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.

-m margin

Set the margin (overlap) between pages in points or percent.

-x x decimation factor

Pieces to horizontally divide each page into.

-y y decimation factor

Pieces to vertically divide each page into.

-r

Split horizontally from right to left (default splits from left to right).

input.pdf

The input PDF document.

[output.pdf]

The output filename. Defaults to “out.pdf” if not supplied.