What does N-up printing mean?

N-up printing places several source pages onto a single physical sheet — 2-up means two pages per sheet, 4-up means four, and so on. It is used to save paper, create handouts and proof multi-page documents at a glance.

How many pages can I fit on one sheet?

This tool supports 2-up, 4-up, 6-up, 8-up, 9-up and 16-up, in both row-first and column-first grids. Each source page is scaled to fit its cell while keeping its aspect ratio, so nothing is stretched or cropped.

Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?

No. The entire imposition happens locally using the pdf-lib library running in your browser. Your file never leaves your device, which makes it safe for contracts, statements and other sensitive documents.

Can I choose which pages to include?

Yes. Leave the page-range box empty to use every page, or enter a range like 1,3-5,8 to select specific pages and reorder which ones land on each sheet.

Why are there thin lines around each page?

Those are optional cut-line borders that show exactly where each placed page sits on the sheet, which is handy when you plan to guillotine or fold the printout. Untick the border option if you would rather print without them.

What sheet sizes and orientations are supported?

You can target A4, A3, US Letter or US Legal in portrait, landscape or an automatic orientation that matches the grid — or choose "Match source page size" to tile pages at their native dimensions. Margins and the gutter between cells are set in millimetres.

PDF N-up: Multiple Pages Per Sheet

A PDF N-up tool arranges several pages of a PDF onto one printed sheet — two, four, six, eight, nine or sixteen pages at a time. It is the fastest way to save paper, turn a long slide deck into a compact handout, proof a whole document at a glance, or lay out small cards and tickets for cutting. Everything runs entirely in your browser, so even confidential PDFs such as contracts, payslips or bank statements never leave your device.

Open the tool, load a PDF, choose how many pages you want per sheet, and you immediately see a live preview of the grid. Adjust the sheet size, orientation, outer margin and the gutter between cells, then download a brand-new PDF that your printer can run straight away — no driver-specific “multiple pages per sheet” dialog, no watermark, no upload.

How it works

Each source page is embedded once into a new document and then placed into a cell of a grid using the pdf-lib library. The sheet is divided into cols × rows cells after subtracting your outer margin and the gutter spacing between cells. For every page, the tool computes a uniform scale factor so the page fits its cell without distortion, keeping the original aspect ratio, and centres it inside the cell. Pages flow either left-to-right then top-to-bottom (row order) or top-to-bottom then left-to-right (column order), and a new sheet starts automatically once the current one is full.

Because the original page content is embedded as a vector form XObject rather than rasterised, text stays crisp and selectable and file sizes stay small. The optional cut-line border is drawn as a hairline rectangle around each placed page so you can see exactly where to slice or fold. Sheet dimensions, margins and gutters are all handled in PDF points internally (1 point = 1/72 inch) and shown to you in millimetres.

Example

Say you have a 12-page PDF report and want a tidy desk reference. Choose 4-up (2×2) on A4 portrait with an 8mm margin and a 4mm gutter. The tool fits 4 pages on each A4 sheet, so 12 pages become 3 printed sheets instead of 12 — a 75% paper saving. Turn on cut borders and you can guillotine each sheet into four quarter-A4 cards.

Source pages	Layout	Output sheets	Paper saved
12	2-up	6	50%
12	4-up	3	75%
18	6-up	3	83%
16	16-up	1	94%

Every figure is produced locally in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded or stored.