From 2fb7c77661c331808c8ecb0cdf98cc1f667bbc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 15:20:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added additional pdftk notes for two-sided scans --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 15a2b17..e8e873d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ I created a `\Scans` directory in my `\Home` directory1 and use this $ pdftk *.pdf cat output newfile.pdf +If you have to scan the front sides and back sides separately, use + + $ pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A B output 001.pdf + +where we assume that 001a.pdf contains the right-hand (i.e., odd-numbered) pages and 001b.pdf contains the left-hand (i.e., even-numbered) pages. + +Chances are your document feeder will scan the left-hand pages in reverse order. In that case, use this command: + + pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A Bend-1 output 001.pdf + If I have to break into a project, I will just create a subdirectory for the current project and dump all those scans in there temporarily.