pdfbooklet 1.0.4 → 1.0.6

package/README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Generate booklet format of a PDF file for printing
+
+Save paper, save trees and save lives.
+
 To install
 
 ```
@@ -7,11 +11,14 @@ npm i -g pdfbooklet
 To use
 
 ```
-pdfbooklet <input.pdf>
+pdfbooklet [options] <INPUT-FILE.pdf>
 
 OPTIONS:
- --paper-size           (a4|letter), default is letter
- --margin-inset X       reduce margin of the original pdf on all sides by X (in inches)
- --margin-inset X,Y     reduce margin X on top and bottom, Y on left and right
- --margin-inset X,Y,Z,A reduce margin-top by X, right by Y, bottom by Z, left by A     
+ --margin-inset X         reduce margin of the original pdf on all sides by X inches
+ --margin-inset X,Y       reduce margin X on top and bottom, Y on left and right, in inches
+ --margin-inset T,R,B,L   reduce margin-top by T, right by R, bottom by B, left by L, in inches
+ --output FILENAME        default is INPUT_FILE-booklet.pdf.
+ --paper-size (a4|letter) default is letter
+ --range X-Y,+N,A-B,...   select page X to Y from input, insert N blank pages, 
+                          then from page A to B
 ```    

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdfbooklet",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.0.6",
   "description": "Create booklet from a pdf file suitable for compact printing",
   "main": "pdfbooklet.js",
   "bin": {

package/pdfbooklet.js

@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ const pageSize = {
   height: 8.5 * INCH,
 }
 
-let opt_pages = [];
+// a list of 0-based indexes to the original pdf file,
+// -1 means blank page.
+let inputPageNumbers = []
+let inputPdfPath = undefined
+let outputPdfPath = undefined
 
 const err = (msg, exitCode) => {
   console.error(msg);
@@ -25,14 +29,16 @@ const err = (msg, exitCode) => {
 const usage = (msg) => {
   if (msg) console.error(msg);
   console.log(`
-pdfbooklet <input.pdf>
+pdfbooklet [options] <INPUT-FILE.pdf>
 
 OPTIONS:
- --range X-Y,+N,A-B,... from page X to Y, insert N blank pages, from page A to B
- --paper-size (a4|letter), default is letter
- --margin-inset X reduce margin of the original pdf on all sides by X (in inches)
- --margin-inset X,Y reduce margin X on top and bottom, Y on left and right
- --margin-inset X,Y,Z,A reduce margin-top by X, right by Y, bottom by Z, left by A     
+ --margin-inset X         reduce margin of the original pdf on all sides by X inches
+ --margin-inset X,Y       reduce margin X on top and bottom, Y on left and right, in inches
+ --margin-inset T,R,B,L   reduce margin-top by T, right by R, bottom by B, left by L, in inches
+ --output FILENAME        default is INPUT_FILE-booklet.pdf.
+ --paper-size (a4|letter) default is letter
+ --range X-Y,+N,A-B,...   select page X to Y from input, insert N blank pages, 
+                          then from page A to B
     `)
   process.exit(msg ? 1 : 0)
 }
@@ -61,12 +67,15 @@ async function createBooklet(inputPdfPath, outputPdfPath) {
   const existingPdfBytes = fs.readFileSync(inputPdfPath);
   const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.load(existingPdfBytes);
   const totalPages = pdfDoc.getPageCount();
-  const pageNumbers = opt_pages || Array.from({length: totalPages}, (_, i) => i);
+
+  // If no page numbers specified, use the whole range
+  const pageNumbers = inputPageNumbers || Array.from({length: totalPages}, (_, i) => i);
+  // Align the numbers to a multiple of 4, use blank page for padding
   while (pageNumbers.length % 4 !== 0) {
     pageNumbers.push(-1);
   }
+
   console.log(`Total pages in the input PDF: ${totalPages}`);
-  console.log(`Output booklet will have ${pageNumbers.length} pages`);
 
   // Create a new PDF for the booklet
   const bookletPdf = await PDFDocument.create();
@@ -78,7 +87,6 @@ async function createBooklet(inputPdfPath, outputPdfPath) {
     }
   }
 
-
   const leftBox = {
     x: 0,
     y: 0,  // Draw the first page on the left half
@@ -126,15 +134,18 @@ async function createBooklet(inputPdfPath, outputPdfPath) {
   // Write the final booklet PDF to a file
   const pdfBytes = await bookletPdf.save();
   fs.writeFileSync(outputPdfPath, pdfBytes);
-  console.log(`Booklet PDF created: ${outputPdfPath} pages=${totalPages}`);
+  console.log(`Booklet PDF created: ${outputPdfPath}, ${pageNumbers.length/2} pages`);
+  console.log(`Please print it in duplex mode.`);
 }
 
-let inputPdfPath;
 
 for (let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
   switch (process.argv[i]) {
+    case '--output':
+      outputPdfPath = process.argv[++i];
+      break;
     case '--range':
-      opt_pages = process.argv[++i].split(',').map(x => {
+      inputPageNumbers = process.argv[++i].split(',').map(x => {
         const m = x.match(/^\+(\d+)$/);
         if (m) {
           return Array(parseInt(m[1])).fill(0)
@@ -149,7 +160,7 @@ for (let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
         const begin = parseInt(m2[1]);
         const end = parseInt(m2[2]);
         return Array.from({length: end - begin + 1}, (v, i) => begin + i)
-      }).flat().map(x => x - 1);
+      }).flat().map(x => x - 1); // convert to 0 based index
       break;
     case '--paper-size':
       switch (process.argv[++i]) {
@@ -199,8 +210,6 @@ for (let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
   }
 }
 
-console.log("pages=", JSON.stringify(opt_pages));
-
 if (!inputPdfPath) {
   usage("Missing input file");
 }
@@ -210,9 +219,14 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(inputPdfPath)) {
 }
 
 // Automatically generate the output filename by appending '-booklet' before '.pdf'
-const outputPdfPath = inputPdfPath.replace(/\.pdf$/i, '-booklet.pdf');
+outputPdfPath ||= inputPdfPath.replace(/\.pdf$/i, '-booklet.pdf');
+
+if (outputPdfPath === inputPdfPath) {
+  err("Output file must not be same as input file");
+}
+
 // Usage example
 createBooklet(inputPdfPath, outputPdfPath).catch(err => {
-  console.error('Error creating booklet:', err);
+  err(`Error creating booklet: ${err}`);
 });