merging PDFs in pyPDF on larger canvas

Question

What I am looking to do in pyPDF is create a script that will generate a 17x11 PDF "canvas", add the 1st PDF to the left side, and the 2nd PDF to the right side.

My initial question is: What is the method to generate an output PDF that does not share the dimensions of the original PDFs? IE: How do I generate a 17x11 PDF?

My PDF guide

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 03:39

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input1 = PdfFileReader(open('pdf1.pdf', 'rb'))
page1 = input1.getPage(0)

input2 = PdfFileReader(open('pdf2.pdf', 'rb'))
page2 = input2.getPage(0)

page3 = PageObject.createBlankPage(None, 17*72, 11*72)
#create a blankPage size is 17*11,1 inch equal 72 px

page3.mergeScaledTranslatedPage(page1, 1, 0, 0)

#merge your pdf1 and pdf2 into the blank canvas
page3.mergeScaledTranslatedPage(page2, 1, 8.5*72, 0)

answered Mar 05 '18 at 03:39

Jam lau

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You should add some explanation, instead of only posting code – sme Mar 05 '18 at 03:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Use PyPDF2 with the PageObject Class.

It has a page1.mergeRotatedTranslatedPage(page2, rotation, tx, ty, expand=True) command. With expand=True the page1 will be extended.

See my answer to another question: Python PyPDF2 join pages

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

Community

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answered Jan 07 '16 at 03:05

Lageos

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merging PDFs in pyPDF on larger canvas

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