Collate multiple PDFs into one with cover and automatic TOC
collatepdf is a quick-and-dirty Python script I wrote for my own needs to collate multiple PDFs into one (essentially for printing purposes) with the following features: * an optional cover page, * automatic table of contents generation with global page numbering, * automatic page resizing to ensure all pages in the collated PDF have the same dimensions, * an overlay bar on each page with the current file name and global page number. This is alpha-quality software (no tests, minimal documentation etc). Use at your own risks. Hope some will find it useful!
Collate multiple PDFs into one with cover and automatic TOC launched on June 15, 2024 with 15 votes, #939 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Collate PDF is a Python script that combines multiple PDF files into a single document for printing. It automatically generates a table of contents with global page numbering, resizes all pages to uniform dimensions, and adds an overlay bar showing the filename and page number on each page. Users can optionally include a cover page. The tool is alpha-quality software with minimal documentation.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A simple Python script to collate multiple PDFs into a single PDF. - rossant/collatepdf
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