Joining two pdfs with slightly different page size with pdfjoin

I'm trying to merge multiple PDF files by using pdfjoin. However the joined PDF is not right beacuse orientation for some text is changed. I have checked all options of pdfjoin, enforcing orientation etc. but of no use.

The two source PDFs have slightly different dimensions (595 × 842, 595 × 841) and should be merged as A4. How can I merge them in A4?

I know about other merging tools online but the problem with them is that the generated PDF is not further processable as in pdfjoin.

I'd like to know if there are some solutions to merge PDFs with slightly different sizes in to a single file using pdfjoin.

user600029

Posted 2011-10-31T16:53:23.150

Reputation: 291

Answers

pdfjoin --paper a4paper --rotateoversize false

does the trick for me. rotateoversize is the important option

fto

Posted 2011-10-31T16:53:23.150

Reputation: 221

pdfjam --paper a4paper file1.pdf file2.pdf did the trick for me using one letter-sized document and one slightly-not-A4-document, they're both joined as A4 as expected.

Jens Erat

Posted 2011-10-31T16:53:23.150

Reputation: 14 141

2Comment by the OP: Thanks but I found a solution for pdfjoin as well. There is an option --rotateoversize which rotate a page that has even a slightly large page size. By setting it to false, it fixed the problem. – Ivo Flipse – 2011-11-02T10:33:50.443

pdfjoin is just a front end for pdfjam, you can use all pdfjam options with pdfjoin – dom0 – 2013-10-01T18:48:37.130