PDF for lulu formatter

Tools for formatting pdf files to send to lulu xpress

Overview

This application is a small program to help you format pdf files to send them to print at lulu normal/xpress/beta.

The program does the following:

• Resize pdf to a security area.
• Add bleed up to 0.25 inches.

Requirements

• R language, a statistical and graphics program; you can download and install from www.r-project.org
• Imagemagick, a program to manipulate images; you can download it from www.imagemagick.org.
• Community release of Coherent PDF; you can download it from community.coherentpdf.com.

Notes on installation

How to install required programs:

Use installers at:

http://www.r-project.org

http://www.imagemagick.org

https://community.coherentpdf.com

How to install required packages:

Inside R, run the following commands, this is only required to be run once:

install.packages("tidyverse")
install.packages("pdftools")
install.packages("png")

If you encounter any problem install packages, refer to the package documentation.

How to download the function:

Download this repository using the Clone or download button, decompress it to any directory and write it down to use later (path/to/the/decompressed.repository).

How to run the program

Load the three required packages:

library(tidyverse)
library(pdftools)
library(png)

Load the function

source("path/to/the/decompressed.repository/format.lulu.pdf.R")

Run the function:

format.lulu.pdf(i.pdf = "path.to.the.original.pdf", 
                i.cpdf = "path/to/cpdf/executable", 
                i.magick = "path/to/imagemagick/executables",
                i.out="path.to.the.original.pdf",
                i.booksize = "US Letter")

Output

• portadacompleta.pdf, pdf with the cover
• textofinal.pdf, pdf with the contents

More parameters of the function

• i.pdf, full path to the original pdf
• i.out = getwd(), full path to the output directory
• i.cpdf = "H:/Portables/cpdf", full path to the directory there coherent pdf is located
• i.magick = "C:/Program Files/ImageMagick-7.0.9-Q16", full path to the directory there imagemagick is located
• i.booksize="US Letter", format of the output pdf
• i.width = 8.5, optional, if i.booksize is not specified, width of the output pdf
• i.height = 11, optional, if i.booksize is not specified, height of the output pdf
• i.white = 0.10, lenght of the white frame around the resized pdf, it can be up to 0.25 (length of the bleed)
• i.shift.odd = 0.05, shift odd pages in inches, positive number=shift to the right, negavite, to the left
• i.shift.even = -0.05, shift even pages in inches, positive number=shift to the right, negavite, to the left
• i.pages.front=NA, which page is the front page
• i.pages.back=NA, which page is the back page
• i.pages.contents=NA, which pages are the contents, the format can contain "-" for range of pages and "," por concatenating segment, for example: 3-10,20-25 (from pages 3 to 10 and from 20 to 25)
• i.pages.add=NA, add page at these locations
• i.delete.temp=T, delete temporary files
• i.additional.shifts=data.frame(), more shifts for specific pages, it must be a data.frame with columns "page"" and "shift", for example: data.frame(page=c(46,36,129), shift=c(0.05,0.05,-0.05))
• i.ppp = 300, density of images for generating the cover
• i.spine = NA, length of spine width, as shown in lulu when creating the pdf
• i.spine.color="#000000", background color of the spine
• i.rotate.right=NA, pages to rotate to the right (clockwise)
• i.rotate.left=NA, pages to rotate to the left (counterclockwise)
• i.convert="-trim +repage", more parameters to the convert executable for imagemagick
• i.embedded.fonts=F, set to True not to check if there are missing embedded fonts, this prevents from using pdf_fonts, which sometimes fails with certains pdfs