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]

The options are:

-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-factor

How many horizontal columns to divide each page into.

-y y-factor

How many vertical rows to 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 omitted.