📗 Booklet-Imposer

Booklet-Imposer is a class in python that organises and divides a PDF file, given as input, into an appropriate number of booklet-ready files. The graphical interface was developed in Python using Tkinter and is designed to avoid tedious manual operations.

✨ Features

• Intuitive graphical interface: GUI made with Tkinter creates a simple graphical window accessible even to non-expert users
• PDF file selection from interface: it allows the selection of the PDF file to be processed via the file system dialogue
• Output organised in separate bundles: it automatically splits the original PDF document into separate bundles to facilitate the collection of sheets in the same bundle
• Automatic blank page handling: it automatically adds the right number of blank pages to manage correct booklet layouts
• Setup for double-sided printing: it rearranges pages according to a double-sided printing scheme, ready to be folded and bound
• Customisable prefix for generated PDF files: each exported file has a customisable name with a progressive sequential number
• Automatic generation of information files (.txt): it associates the set of output PDF files with a .txt file containing some useful metadata
• Robust error handling: it checks for invalid inputs, missing files or password-protected PDFs, with clear error messages

💻 Requirements

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Python modules:
  • tkinter
  • PyPDF2
  • pathlib
  • ttk (incluso in tkinter)

You can install the necessary packages with

pip install -r requirements.txt

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

       git clone https://github.com/LucaZepponi/booklet-imposer.git
       cd Booklet-Imposer

2. run the application

       python main.py

💡 Usage

💻 Running the application

1. Make sure you have Python ≥ 3.8 installed on your system
2. Install the required dependencies (see section 🛠️ Installation)
3. Start the programme:

python main.py

🧩 Passaggi nell'interfaccia

1. Select the original PDF: click on Sfoglia next to Input PDF and choose the file to be split into files
2. Choose output folder: click on Sfoglia next to Cartella di output and choose where to save the files to be generated
3. Set the number of sheets per file: enter the desired number
4. Prefix the output files: for example, with file, files such as file_1.pdf, file_2.pdf, etc. will be generated.
5. Click on Crea fascicoli: the programme will process the PDF file and show the progress via a progress bar

📁 File Structure

Booklet-Imposer
├── .gitignore
├── main.py
├── README.md
└── requirements.txt

📜 License

GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

👨🏻‍💻 Authors

• Luca Zepponi