How to print/save a bundle of .png files as a single .pdf file

satimis · 07-03-2007, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maroonbaboon

When you use

for i in IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*

you are trying to process all files, not just PNG ones. You need

for i in IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.png

No, only .png files on this directory which was created with screenshots.

Re-test:-
$ for i in IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.png ; do pngtopnm $i | pnmtops -noturn > ${i%.png}.ps ; done

Code:

pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...
pnmtops: warning, image too large for page, rescaling to 0.364286
pnmtops: writing color PostScript...

$ ls -l IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/ | grep .ps

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session01.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session02.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session03.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session04.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session05.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session06.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session07.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session08.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:23 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session09.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session10.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session11.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session12.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session13.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session14.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session15.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session16.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session17.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session18.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session19.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session20.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:24 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session21.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session22.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session23.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session24.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session25.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session26.ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 satimis satimis 10760878 2007-07-03 18:25 idc_enterprise_panel_20070618_resuming_session_27.ps

$ gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=all.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.ps

$ ls

Code:

all.pdf                        
IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618

It works, an all.pdf file created. Tks.

B.R.
satimis

satimis · 07-03-2007, 11:02 AM

Hi jschiwal,

Quote:

This one can be called like: pics2pdf book.pdf *.png

Code:

#!/bin/bash
if [ ${#} -lt 2 ]; then cat <<-EOF
        Usage: ${0} pdf-filename imagefile1 [ imagefile2 ] ...


        EOF
        exit 1;
        fi

pdffile="${1}"
shift 1
imagefiles=(${*})
infiles="${*}"
convert $infiles tmp.mng
convert tmp.mng $pdffile
rm tmp.mng

It won't handle whitespaces in filenames.

$ nano pcis2pdf.sh

copied;

Code:

if [ ${#} -lt 2 ]; then cat <<-EOF
        Usage: ${0} pdf-filename imagefile1 [ imagefile2 ] ...


        EOF
        exit 1;
        fi

pdffile="${1}"
shift 1
imagefiles=(${*})
infiles="${*}"
convert $infiles tmp.mng
convert tmp.mng $pdffile
rm tmp.mng

on it.

$ sudo chmod +x pics2pdf.sh

$ ls -l pics2pdf.sh

Code:

 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 satimis satimis 250 2007-07-03 23:57 pics2pdf.sh

$ sh pics2pdf.sh Test/IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.png

Code:

pics2pdf.sh: 16: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")

16 = empty space/line below "rm tmp.mng"

B.R.
satimis

jschiwal · 07-03-2007, 10:43 PM

I've never used nano. Did you maybe save it in msdos mode. I tested the program out before posting it. Here I'll repost it in case there was a mistake posting it last time:

Code:

cat bin/pngs2pdf
#!/bin/bash
if [ ${#} -lt 2 ]; then cat <<-EOF
        Usage: ${0} pdf-filename imagefile1 [ imagefile2 ] ...


        EOF
        exit 1;
fi

pdffile="${1}"
shift 1
imagefiles=(${*})
infiles="${*}"
convert $infiles tmp.mng
convert tmp.mng $pdffile
rm tmp.mng

I unindented the "fi" command this time so that it would stand out. This is a cut-n-paste job after testing it three ways (renaming with an .sh extension; running it indirectly with "sh ~/bin/pngs2pdf sample3 *.JPG".

Yes, if the pictures are any graphic format that ImageMagick recognizes, you can use this script.

PS. The line after the rm command isn't in my original script. It is inserted by this site. This doesn't matter. There is one if command followed by one fi command. Also, don't copy the "cat bin/pngs2pdf" line. It isn't a part of the program. It's how I displayed the program in konsole.

PPS. One way to copy and paste from code on the web, to a file is to also have konsole (or a gnome equivalant) open as well as the webpage. Hightlight and copy the fragment in firefox; then go to the console and enter:
cat >filenameENTER

Then press the [INSERT] key or [CTRL]-V to paste it. Enter [RETURN] if you are on the last line, and then press [CTRL]-d to close the file. This is a lot quicker way to create a new file. You don't need to start nano or kate. (And you don't need to post something like the nano bit twice).

jschiwal · 07-03-2007, 11:43 PM

I retested it and it didn't work correctly when I used a larger number of pictures on the input. I guess it's back to the drawing board. I haven't tried to do the same manually yet. I need to check if convert expects the sizes to be similar, or something like that. I was getting only one of the pictures in the pdf. I'll comment out the "rm temp.mng" line and check how the intermediate file is.

Using autocompletion, to run pngs2pdf, I found that there is a png2mng.pl script that is a part of "kdesdk".

---

Update: convert didn't convert a list of 20 *.JPG files to a .mng file.

satimis · 07-04-2007, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

I've never used nano. Did you maybe save it in msdos mode. I tested the program out before posting it. Here I'll repost it in case there was a mistake posting it last time:

Code:

cat bin/pngs2pdf
#!/bin/bash
if [ ${#} -lt 2 ]; then cat <<-EOF
        Usage: ${0} pdf-filename imagefile1 [ imagefile2 ] ...


        EOF
        exit 1;
fi

pdffile="${1}"
shift 1
imagefiles=(${*})
infiles="${*}"
convert $infiles tmp.mng
convert tmp.mng $pdffile
rm tmp.mng

I unindented the "fi" command this time so that it would stand out. This is a cut-n-paste job after testing it three ways (renaming with an .sh extension; running it indirectly with "sh ~/bin/pngs2pdf sample3 *.JPG".

Yes, if the pictures are any graphic format that ImageMagick recognizes, you can use this script.

PS. The line after the rm command isn't in my original script. It is inserted by this site. This doesn't matter. There is one if command followed by one fi command. Also, don't copy the "cat bin/pngs2pdf" line. It isn't a part of the program. It's how I displayed the program in konsole.

PPS. One way to copy and paste from code on the web, to a file is to also have konsole (or a gnome equivalant) open as well as the webpage. Hightlight and copy the fragment in firefox; then go to the console and enter:
cat >filenameENTER

Then press the [INSERT] key or [CTRL]-V to paste it. Enter [RETURN] if you are on the last line, and then press [CTRL]-d to close the file. This is a lot quicker way to create a new file. You don't need to start nano or kate. (And you don't need to post something like the nano bit twice).

Hi schiwal,

This time I started "text-editor" on Gnome desktop. Copied and pasted your script on the file. (The embedded codes of webpage won't be copied). Saved the file as pics2pdf.sh.

Then

$ sudo chmod +x pics2pdf.sh
$ sh pics2pdf.sh book.pdf Test/IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.png

Code:

pics2pdf.sh: 18: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")

The same complaint.

B.R.
satimis

jschiwal · 07-04-2007, 07:45 PM

Put the EOF at the beginning of the line. I think that your copy has spaces before it while mine has a tab.
The hyphen in "<<-EOF" allows you to indent the here document to make the program easier to read. I think that yours isn't ending at the EOF and so doesn't notice the fi statement.

satimis · 07-08-2007, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

Put the EOF at the beginning of the line. I think that your copy has spaces before it while mine has a tab.
The hyphen in "<<-EOF" allows you to indent the here document to make the program easier to read. I think that yours isn't ending at the EOF and so doesn't notice the fi statement.

Hi jschiwal,

Finally it works here. Steps performed as follows;

On the scripts;
1)
Changed

Code:

imagefiles=(${*})

as

Code:

imagefiles="${*}"

2) Moved "EOF" to left.

Finally script

Code:

#!/bin/bash
if [ ${#} -lt 2 ]; then cat <<-EOF
        Usage: ${0} pdf-filename imagefile1 [ imagefile2 ] ...


EOF
        exit 1;
fi

pdffile="${1}"
shift 1
imagefiles="${*}"
infiles="${*}"
convert $infiles tmp.mng
convert tmp.mng $pdffile
rm tmp.mng

$ sh pics2pdf.sh book.pdf Test/IDC_Enterprise_Panel_20070618/*.png

I watched the process on "File Browser". First a "tmp.mng" file of 2.7M was created. Then the said file was converted to book.pdf, 2.5M. On my slow PC (an old P-III box with 384MB Ram) it took >10 min to complete.

Tks for your advice.

B.R.
satimis

jschiwal · 07-08-2007, 10:14 PM

I have an old PIII laptop that I put Fedora Core 6 on just to play with with the distro and have a reference to answer questions.

frenchn00b · 07-21-2007, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

You could also use ImageMagick.

convert *.png book.mng
convert book.mng book.pdf

This did put all the pages on a pdf cotaining one single page.
can it create serverral pages ? (one per jpg)

thanks

--
I found :

Code:

convert -page A4+0+0 *.jpg book.ps

then you can convert the ps to pdf

frenchn00b · 08-04-2007, 06:05 AM

Code:

for each in $(ls *.png)  ; do convert $each $each_.pdf ; done

or sthg like this with some sed