pdftilecut ☆

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Description:
Sub-divide a PDF page(s) into smaller pages so you can print them

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: pdf printing cli productivity document

Install: brew install pdftilecut

About:
Pdftilecut is a command-line utility that processes PDF files by subdividing their pages into smaller, uniformly sized segments. It effectively tiles large-format documents, such as posters or blueprints, into standard-sized pages. This allows users to easily print oversized content on standard home or office printers without losing any information.

Key Features:

Command-line interface for easy scripting and automation
Handles multi-page PDF documents in a single operation
Preserves original content quality by vector-to-vector processing
Automatically calculates and applies crop marks for precise cutting

Use Cases:

Printing large posters or blueprints on standard letter or A4 paper
Creating booklets or zines from single large-format pages
Preparing oversized charts for standard binder or folder insertion

Alternatives:

pdfposter – Similar functionality, often used for tiling large posters across multiple pages.
Acrobat Reader – The 'poster' print option in GUI PDF viewers can achieve similar results but is not scriptable.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2024 9:52pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	d1656624
Nov 29, 2022 10:07am		1	VERSION_BUMP	55daddaf