Closed Cellomaster87 closed 4 years ago
Hi, I am not sure I understand everything, but I will try to explain what I can.
First, some questions:
You are running in mixed mode
, resizing the paper and then scaling down.
--no-fit-to-page
-f disable
or -f d
-a none
or -a n
--hor-align, --horizontal-alignment <left|center|right>
Where to translate the scaled page
Default: center
Options: left, right, center
--vert-align, --vertical-alignment <top|center|bottom>
Where to translate the scaled page
Default: center
Options: top, bottom, center
--xoffset, --xtrans-offset <FloatNumber>
Add/Subtract from the X translation (move left-right)
Default: 0.0 (zero)
Options: Positive or negative floating point number
--yoffset, --ytrans-offset <FloatNumber>
Add/Subtract from the Y translation (move top-bottom)
Default: 0.0 (zero)
Options: Positive or negative floating point number
At MacOSX, there may be a problem if you are trying to process a PDF file that was just created by another script step, which may not yet have spotlight's metadata. That will happen if mdls is used because it uses this metadata. This will only happen if the PDF was just created miliseconds before.
You can force another method of size detection to make sure this is not a problem though. Try installing (from homebrew) imagemagick or xpdf and using -m i
or -m p
to force using one of them.
Next version will have ghostscript detection, so this should not be a problem anymore.
Let me know if this helps.
Cheers! :beer:
Gus
BTW, postscript points are integers.
They should be rounded to integers even if you use floating point numbers (from what I recall).
I remember that Ghostscript would not like to receive Points as floats.
Can you try it using integers for custom paper size? Or use metric.
Can you also try using a pre-defined paper size like letter or A4?
EDIT3: Does the merged (input) PDF has each page with different paper size maybe?
It seems that attachments don’t go through so I will paste here the text of the mail and here is the Dropbox link of the folder where the mentioned files are. Sorry for that.
Dear Gustavo,
First of all nice to meet you and thank you so much for taking your time to assist me personally, I cannot emphasise enough how much this means to me!
On with your questions:
• I’m using pdfScale 2.4.9 (one interesting thing is that the upgrade command failed on me to the point I had to manually install the updated version inside the usr/local/bin directory. • I am sending you several PDFs and I would like to ask you to convert them to -r ‘custom mm 232 305’ -s 0.985. • The PDF labelled ‘One’ is a simple PDF outputted from the app Avid Sibelius. To me this resizes and scales perfectly, so no issue with that. • The PDF labelled ‘Two’ contains ‘One’ plus a few other PDFs exported from Apple Pages and then combined with the Combine Tool in Acrobat CC 2020 (though using Preview or PDF Expert didn’t change). Passing these files to pdfScale produces the issue shown in picture ‘Two-CropMedia’, while the output from the Terminal is in text file ‘Two-Terminal’. The resulting file is called ‘Two_scaled’. I have already inquired with Acrobat communities what these two Boxes mean and am waiting for an answer.
Normally, also because I am a total beginner in scripting (am a musician, nothing more!), I just pass PDFs that have already been created for quite a while so the issue you describe at the end should not be there. I installed imagemagick but I am not sure where in the script I should put those extra parameters. If you think this is important could you please point me there?
Thank you so much for all your help, I hope what I wrote is somehow helpful in the investigation. My only workaround now is to open each file in Preview and export them using the Print tool, which I can do but is in an order of magnitude of O(n) times slower!
Thank you once more and all the best
Michele Galvagno
Hi, there are no links at your post.
Seems like the upgrade is broken on MacOSX because it uses BSD's readlink instead of GNU's.
I have already found a bash implementation of that to replace it, will come at the next version. This is related to #17
To force imagemagick, just add -m i
to your call.
You can paste images here, so maybe the screenshots would help me understand the results.
Would be nice to have the actual PDF's as well though.
Please try this: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/es7qtpq3vy96xak/AACsoPUJB1z3o4EJGa2ee0oea?dl=0 Do you see it now? Otherwise how can I reach you privately? Twitter?
Thanks!
Yep, now I got it.
Downloaded and checking.
Still investigating, but this is what I have so far:
/Mediabox
definition (from grep). -m i
to call).The verbose run of Two.pdf
$ pdfscale -v -r 'custom mm 232 305' -s 0.985 Two.pdf
pdfscale v2.4.9 - Verbose Execution
Mixed Tasks: Resize & Scale
Dry-Run: FALSE
Input File: Two.pdf
Output File: Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf
Get Page Size: Adaptive Enabled
Method: Grep
/usr/local/bin/pdfscale: line 1497: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
Source Width: 595 postscript-points
Source Height: 842 postscript-points
Print Mode: Print ( auto/empty )
Fit To Page: Enabled (default)
Auto Rotate: PageByPage
Flip Detect: No change needed
Run Resizing: CUSTOM ( 658 x 865 ) pts
New Width: 658 postscript-points
New Height: 865 postscript-points
Scale Factor: 0.985
Vert-Align: CENTER
Hor-Align: CENTER
Translation X: 5.01 = 5.01 + 0.00 (offset)
Translation Y: 6.59 = 6.59 + 0.00 (offset)
Run Scaling: -1 %
Background: No background (default)
Final Status: File created successfully
The error is here:
/usr/local/bin/pdfscale: line 1497: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
But as mentioned the page size is parsed correctly and the execution seems to proceed without problems.
This is what the grep call returns on One.pdf and Two.pdf
$ grep -a -e '/MediaBox' -m 1 ./One.pdf
/MediaBox [0 0 595.000000 842.000000]
$ grep -a -e '/MediaBox' -m 1 ./Two.pdf
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<</Contents[1422 0 R 1423 0 R 1424 0 R 1425 0 R 1426 0 R 1427 0 R 1428 0 R 1430 0 R]/CropBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/MediaBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/Parent 1400 0 R/Resources 1437 0 R/Rotate 0/T<</Filter/FlateDecode/First 72/Length 642/N 8/Type/ObjStm>>stream
Those weird chars are what causes the parsing problems.
Maybe I can run it through a pipe with strings
or cat
to mitigate the problem (eg.)
$ strings Two.pdf | grep -e '/MediaBox' -m 1
<</Contents[1422 0 R 1423 0 R 1424 0 R 1425 0 R 1426 0 R 1427 0 R 1428 0 R 1430 0 R]/CropBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/MediaBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/Parent 1400 0 R/Resources 1437 0 R/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
But as mentioned, you can use -m i
to solve this as well.
However, this does not seem to be the problem, since the page size is parsed correctly (even with the error).
Please note how complex the second PDF definition is and how it has a lot more stuff than the other file has. I would guess that these other things are interfering with the result.
Honestly, I am still not 100% sure I understand what the problem is?
It is a bit confusing, but seems like the proportions of the original file is maintained, right?
The resulting MediaBox size seems to be correct, so pdfScale seems to be working properly, but the CropBox seems to be keeping the original proportion and that is what ends up rendering on screen.
I am not sure why you have a cropbox defined. From what I understand, that is used in pre-press to define a page with a bleed. So they can print it a bit bigger than the actual needed size and then cut the excess later (for a better finishing and no borders).
So maybe you can config the Acrobat merger in order for it to not define a cropbox?
I would try to tinker with the merger options to see if it makes any difference.
Here are some explanations on the PDF boxes:
Anyways, let me know if this helps.
I recommend using Lightshot to create screenshots (copy to memory) and then you can just paste them here (ctrl + V). You can save the image and drag+drop here as well.
While writing this I made a few more tests and got some new info:
$ pdfscale -m i -v -r 'custom mm 232 305' -s 0.985 Two.pdf
Checking for imagemagick's identify
pdfscale v2.4.9 - Verbose Execution
Mixed Tasks: Resize & Scale
Dry-Run: FALSE
Input File: Two.pdf
Output File: Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf
Get Page Size: Adaptive Disabled
Method: ImageMagick's Identify
Source Width: 595 postscript-points
Source Height: 842 postscript-points
Print Mode: Print ( auto/empty )
Fit To Page: Enabled (default)
Auto Rotate: PageByPage
Flip Detect: No change needed
Run Resizing: CUSTOM ( 658 x 865 ) pts
New Width: 658 postscript-points
New Height: 865 postscript-points
Scale Factor: 0.985
Vert-Align: CENTER
Hor-Align: CENTER
Translation X: 5.01 = 5.01 + 0.00 (offset)
Translation Y: 6.59 = 6.59 + 0.00 (offset)
Run Scaling: -1 %
Background: No background (default)
Final Status: File created successfully
/Mediabox
es have the correct size
$ strings Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf | grep -e '/MediaBox'
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
. . .
/Cropbox
es are the ones keeping the proportion of the page
$ strings Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf | grep -e '/CropBox'
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191803 .00003051758 634.808228 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191803 .00003051758 634.808228 865.0]
/CropBox [23.3735352 .00003051758 634.626465 865.0]
. . .
So we at least know where the problem is now, but I sill don't know what path I should take to solve this yet.
This post seems to shed some light on the /Cropbox
issue and offers a workaround.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26989410/1273636
Your file also has a /Cropbox
defined for EACH page as in the question above.
I will keep researching it.
Cheers!
Gus
Wow, thank you! I read all of this quickly before heading off to bed (midnight here). Will read this again tomorrow morning with a fresh head and see what I can do! Thanks for this thorough investigation! On 30 Mar 2020, 23:34 +0200, Gustavo Arnosti Neves notifications@github.com, wrote:
Still investigating, but this is what I have so far:
• File Two.pdf does have some weird stuff coming with the /Mediabox definition (from grep). • Even though this causes an error, the page size seems to be processed accordingly. • Using imagemagick (or pdfinfo) will solve this problem (add -m i to call).
The verbose run of Two.pdf $ pdfscale -v -r 'custom mm 232 305' -s 0.985 Two.pdf
pdfscale v2.4.9 - Verbose Execution
Mixed Tasks: Resize & Scale
Dry-Run: FALSE
Input File: Two.pdf
Output File: Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf
Get Page Size: Adaptive Enabled
Method: Grep
/usr/local/bin/pdfscale: line 1497: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
Source Width: 595 postscript-points
Source Height: 842 postscript-points
Print Mode: Print ( auto/empty )
Fit To Page: Enabled (default)
Auto Rotate: PageByPage
Flip Detect: No change needed
Run Resizing: CUSTOM ( 658 x 865 ) pts
New Width: 658 postscript-points
New Height: 865 postscript-points
Scale Factor: 0.985
Vert-Align: CENTER
Hor-Align: CENTER
Translation X: 5.01 = 5.01 + 0.00 (offset)
Translation Y: 6.59 = 6.59 + 0.00 (offset)
Run Scaling: -1 %
Background: No background (default)
Final Status: File created successfully
The error is here: /usr/local/bin/pdfscale: line 1497: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
But as mentioned the page size is parsed correctly and the execution seems to proceed without problems. This is what the grep call returns on One.pdf and Two.pdf One.pdf $ grep -a -e '/MediaBox' -m 1 ./One.pdf
/MediaBox [0 0 595.000000 842.000000]
Two.pdf $ grep -a -e '/MediaBox' -m 1 ./Two.pdf
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<</Contents[1422 0 R 1423 0 R 1424 0 R 1425 0 R 1426 0 R 1427 0 R 1428 0 R 1430 0 R]/CropBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/MediaBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/Parent 1400 0 R/Resources 1437 0 R/Rotate 0/T<</Filter/FlateDecode/First 72/Length 642/N 8/Type/ObjStm>>stream
Those weird chars are what causes the parsing problems. Maybe I can run it through a pipe with strings or cat to mitigate the problem (eg.) $ strings Two.pdf | grep -e '/MediaBox' -m 1
<</Contents[1422 0 R 1423 0 R 1424 0 R 1425 0 R 1426 0 R 1427 0 R 1428 0 R 1430 0 R]/CropBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/MediaBox[0 0 595.2756 841.8898]/Parent 1400 0 R/Resources 1437 0 R/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
But as mentioned, you can use -m i to solve this as well. However, this does not seem to be the problem, since the page size is parsed correctly (even with the error). Please note how complex the second PDF definition is and how it has a lot more stuff than the other file has. I would guess that these other things are interfering with the result. Honestly, I am still not 100% sure I understand what the problem is? It is a bit confusing, but seems like the proportions of the original file is maintained, right? The resulting MediaBox size seems to be correct, so pdfScale seems to be working properly, but the CropBox seems to be keeping the original proportion and that is what ends up rendering on screen. I am not sure why you have a cropbox defined. From what I understand, that is used in pre-press to define a page with a bleed. So they can print it a bit bigger than the actual needed size and then cut the excess later (for a better finishing and no borders). So maybe you can config the Acrobat merger in order for it to not define a cropbox? I would try to tinker with the merger options to see if it makes any difference. Here is some explanations on the PDF boxes:
• https://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/page-boxes • https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/PDF_Boxes_:_mediabox,_cropbox,_bleedbox,_trimbox,_artbox • https://www.w3pedia.com/uk/the-pdf-page-boxes-cropbox-bleedbox-trimbox
Anyways, let me know if this helps. I recommend using Lightshot to create screenshots (copy to memory) and then you can just paste them here (ctrl + V). You can save the image and drag+drop here as well. While writing this I made a few more tests and got some new info: Example run $ pdfscale -m i -v -r 'custom mm 232 305' -s 0.985 Two.pdf
Checking for imagemagick's identify
pdfscale v2.4.9 - Verbose Execution
Mixed Tasks: Resize & Scale
Dry-Run: FALSE
Input File: Two.pdf
Output File: Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf
Get Page Size: Adaptive Disabled
Method: ImageMagick's Identify
Source Width: 595 postscript-points
Source Height: 842 postscript-points
Print Mode: Print ( auto/empty )
Fit To Page: Enabled (default)
Auto Rotate: PageByPage
Flip Detect: No change needed
Run Resizing: CUSTOM ( 658 x 865 ) pts
New Width: 658 postscript-points
New Height: 865 postscript-points
Scale Factor: 0.985
Vert-Align: CENTER
Hor-Align: CENTER
Translation X: 5.01 = 5.01 + 0.00 (offset)
Translation Y: 6.59 = 6.59 + 0.00 (offset)
Run Scaling: -1 %
Background: No background (default)
Final Status: File created successfully
Notes
• Source Width/Height is always correct (even when using grep with the error) • Target Width/Height is also correct • PTS ( 658 x 865 ) == MM ( 232 x 305 ) • The resulting /Mediaboxes have the correct size
$ strings Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf | grep -e '/MediaBox'
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
<</Type/Page/MediaBox [0 0 658 865]
. . .
• The resulting /Cropboxes are the ones keeping the proportion of the page • Their sizes are ( 634.808105 x 865.0 )
$ strings Two.CUSTOM.SCALED.pdf | grep -e '/CropBox'
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191803 .00003051758 634.808228 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191925 0 634.808105 865.0]
/CropBox [23.191803 .00003051758 634.808228 865.0]
/CropBox [23.3735352 .00003051758 634.626465 865.0]
. . .
So we at least know where the problem is now, but I sill don't know what path I should take to solve this yet. This post seems to shed some light on the /Cropbox issue and offers a workaround. https://stackoverflow.com/a/26989410/1273636 Your file also has a /Cropbox defined for EACH page as in the question above. I will keep researching it. Cheers! Gus — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.
Seems like I have a solution to bypass the Cropboxes with the new sizes.
I am still researching the best way to implement it though.
I don't think I want to always apply the Cropboxes.
I would prefer that files like One.pdf
that do not contain any \Cropbox
es defined to keep it as is, without adding a cropbox on each page. I am not sure I can detect this automagically in all cases and then apply the change.
I am inclined to just add a cli parameter that will redefine all Cropboxes to the same size as the paper (Mediabox). This will be easy to implement and run, but will not be a universal/automatic solution (which would be nice).
Gus
The problem is thinking on all possible outcomes and situations.
As mentioned before, this only applies to resizing, for scaling this is all irrelevant.
/CropBox
size (independent to the /MediaBox
size)/CropBox
the same as the /MediaBox
Detecting Cropboxes would be nice, but the complexity grows a lot. Detecting is the first problem, since it may not always work (seems to be exactly the same as Mediabox detection). There is also no clear definition on what default behaviour should be used on each case, since it will always depend on what the user actually wants.
Still digging and thinking here. I will add the readlink bash implementation to fix the MacOSX installer while I think a bit more.
Good morning Gus! I have read now everything and those three articles you shared are just amazing! Before even trying any of the tools suggested I followed the instructions and opened one of the resized files in Acrobat CC 2020, then in Preferences activate the showing of all boxes (which showed up the media box in blue around the page). Then, I went Edit > Crop Pages > double click on any page and noticed this:
I therefore clicked on "Set to zero" under "Margin control" and this fixed the page for good.
Now, as doing this for every document I export would be as slow as manually converting them one by one, I wonder if the culprit may be the PDF export engine of Apple Pages. In macOS Finder, the infos of the combined file shows Pages in the "Created by" field, which is strange as the combining software was Acrobat. My suspicion is that the encoding softwares being different between Pages and Sibelius cause issues. In Pages the encoding software is "macOS Version 10.15.3 (Build 19D76) Quartz PDFContext", while in Sibelius it is "Qt 5.12.5". While pdfScale has no issue in converting each one of them separately, it gets probably rightfully confused when it has to convert a PDF made up of 2A+B+2A where A is a Pages created PDF and B is a Sibelius created one.
From the screenshot you can see that margins were added to the Crop Box. Would it be possible to set its margins to 0, simply? Maybe putting a condition that would check if the encoding software between the components is different (don't know if this is at all possible). I think setting the size of one to the other would not be desirable as, as explained in the articles, sometimes one would want the media box to be bigger. We just want the CropBox to be itself, unmodified, therefore removing the margins would be enough I guess.
What do you think?
Hi, things went a bit hectic yesterday, so I could no finish anything.
Also, the readlink -f
implementation for non-GNU systems is also being a pain to test and implement (this will fix the installer/upgrader on MacOSX, Solaris, etc).
Anyways, for your specific use case I already have a solution (which will be to reset all cropboxes to the same size as the Mediabox by issuing an execution flag). On top of that I will also add the option to manually change the Cropbox to a custom size.
It will probably be something like
--cropbox a4
--cropbox 'custom mm 200x200'
--cropbox fullsize (or any other appropriate name)
So it will probably be similar to the regular page size definition.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate all this! Looking forward to seeing this in action!
Hi, I have pushed a new Branch so we can test it before I merge and release it.
https://github.com/tavinus/pdfScale/tree/v2.5
Can you please try it and let me know? I had trouble to test on MacOSX (currently only have a VM and it does not work very well).
strings
)-c
| --cropbox
option addedHere is the --help
explanation for the --cropbox
parameter
-c, --cropbox <paper>
Resets Cropboxes on all pages to a specific paper size
Only applies to resize mode
<paper> can be: full | fullsize - Uses the same size as the main paper/mediabox
custom - Define a custom cropbox size in inches, mm or points
std paper name - Uses a paper size name (eg. a4, letter, etc)
So on your case you should just add -c full
to your pdfScale call and you should be fine.
EDIT
v2.5.2 fixes a problem with curl redirects that was breaking upgrades.
The --upgrade
is still not working for me on Catalina. Here is the Terminal output:
pdfScale.sh --upgrade
readlink: illegal option -- f
usage: readlink [-n] [file ...]
pdfScale.sh v2.4.9 - Self Upgrade
Preparing download to temp folder
> /tmp/pdfScale_20200404-160012.tar.gz
Downloading file with curl
Extracting compressed file
Extraction error.
Cleaning up downloaded files from /tmp
> /tmp/pdfScale_20200404-160012.tar.gz > Ok
> no temporary master folder was found to remove
I have installed it manually and the version is not correctly 2.5.2.
I ran the script adding -c full
and it works perfectly.
Do you have any suggestion on how to make this script automatically be applied on the content of a folder of PDFs and possibly adding a suffix to the name of the output? Or is the original Automator I pasted in the beginning the best thing?
Thank you so much for this! I stay at your disposal for testing the upgrading issue on macOS.
The
--upgrade
is still not working for me on Catalina. Here is the Terminal output:pdfScale.sh v2.4.9 - Self Upgrade ^ This was running 2.4.9, so it is normal for it not to work. Only 2.5.2 will run the upgrade properly on Macs (even though it will offer the older version, with a warning).
Proceeding with the upgrade will downgrade (until I merge with the master branch).
I was able to test on a Yosemite VM (which is when I found the problem with curl that was patched on 2.5.2).
I ran the script adding
-c full
and it works perfectly. Do you have any suggestion on how to make this script automatically be applied on the content of a folder of PDFs and possibly adding a suffix to the name of the output? Or is the original Automator I pasted in the beginning the best thing?
Your automator script seems fine to what you need and I can't think any reason for it not to work with the new version.
Would be nice to have batch processing for folders included into pdfScale, but I am not sure I will be able to do it right now.
I will probably merge with master today, so everything will be easier to test and the upgrade will not downgrade anymore.
To install using the v2.5 branch you need to adjust the URLs
changing master
to v2.5
>
# Normal install with prompts
curl -s -o /tmp/pdfScale.sh 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tavinus/pdfScale/v2.5/pdfScale.sh' && bash /tmp/pdfScale.sh --install
# Automated install with --assume-yes
curl -s -o /tmp/pdfScale.sh 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tavinus/pdfScale/v2.5/pdfScale.sh' && bash /tmp/pdfScale.sh --install --assume-yes
# To ignore SSL, use --insecure
curl --insecure -s -o /tmp/pdfScale.sh 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tavinus/pdfScale/v2.5/pdfScale.sh' && bash /tmp/pdfScale.sh --install
I believe I had a similar problem resizing PDFs in letter format to A4. Sorry if this is hijacking this thread. Just wanted to give feedback that using --cropbox A4
works marvellously for me.
Here is an example of a scientific article in letter format: https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/303/2019/hess-23-303-2019.pdf
The standard command doesn't yield the desired result. Although there are some differences in the dimensions of the Media and Crop Box with respect to the original file. It shows the pdf still in letter format:
pdfscale -v -r A4 Downloads/hess-23-303-2019.pdf
Using the --cropbox
argument effectively modifies how the pdf is shown:
bernharf@bernstein:~|⇒ pdfscale -v -r A4 --cropbox A4 Downloads/hess-23-303-2019.pdf
pdfscale v2.5.3 - Verbose Execution
Single Task: Resize PDF Paper
Dry-Run: FALSE
Input File: Downloads/hess-23-303-2019.pdf
Output File: Downloads/hess-23-303-2019.A4.pdf
Get Page Size: Adaptive Enabled
Method: Grep
Source Width: 612 postscript-points
Source Height: 802 postscript-points
Print Mode: Print ( auto/empty )
Scale Factor: Disabled (resize only)
Fit To Page: Enabled (default)
Auto Rotate: PageByPage
Flip Detect: No change needed
Run Resizing: A4 ( 595 x 842 ) pts
Cropbox Reset: A4 ( 595 x 842 ) pts
Final Status: File created successfully
Not hijacking at all. Thanks for the feedback @fabern
From what I tested, most problematic PDFs had different cropbox sizes on different pages (some where very close but still a bit different).
If you want the cropbox reset to the SAME size as you are resizing, -c full
should be the best option (will use the same size as the main resize in any case without the need to specifically set a size).
Ok,
v2.5.3 was merged and released and the v2.5 branch was deleted.
Feel free to report any problems.
Cheers 🍻
Gus
I'm using your tool inside of a shell script which gets run by an Automator. I am not the author of this script but it used to work up until 2-3 weeks ago, then now whatever I try the output PDFs are not coming out the size written inside the script.
For example, the one pasted below comes out 611 x 684 instead of the correct amount. Could you help me find the issue? Thanks!
EDIT: with help from user VikingOSX from discussions.apple.com, I discovered that the issue presents itself only when the input file is a PDF made up combining different PDFs, for example using Adobe Acrobat. Your tool will correctly resize the MediaBox of the file but will also apply a CropBox to it that maintains the proportion of the original file. For example: if I want to convert such file from A4 to 9x12in the resulting file available to the user will be 12in high but 8.51in wide, as it will keep the A4 proportions. Could you please give a look at this issue and tell me how to solve it? Thank you very much