PDFCropper

PDFCropper is a simple command-line utility (coded in Python) that crops the margins around PDFs for the purpose of printing as efficiently as possible. It relies almost entirely on the venerable PyPDF2 module.

The script accepts a single argument (the filename of the PDF file to be cropped) and a single option --format. The values passed to --format determine margin dimensions typical to that publisher:

• examref ("Exam Ref" series published by Microsoft)
• manning
• nostarch
• oreilly
• packtpub

Alternatively, you can define custom margins in inches by supplying arguments to the following options:

• --top
• --right
• --bottom
• --left

python pdfcropper.py ~/doc.pdf --format packtpub --top 1.25