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I have several photos, which I wish to print on a single piece of paper. I have already tried:

  • Using convert to combine all images per side. However, now I need to print them two-sided.

  • Using convert to combine them into a single PDF for some reason results in each page being extra long, with the top half being blank, and the bottom half containing the image I need. See example of one such page below.

  • If these were EPS files rather than images, I could combine them into a single file before printing them two-sided. However, this is not an option for image files.

  • Even combining them into a single TIF file would not allow lpr to print them two-sided.

  • Naively sending them to lpr two files at a time, such as via

    lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge file1.tif file2.tif

    results in them being printed on two separate pages, since the system creates a separate lpr instance for each of the files.

Note: Conversion packages with a 2 in the middle, such as img2pdf and tiff2ps, are not available on my system.

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  • I apologize if I wasn't clear. In the last paragraph, I specify that I've tried precisely that; however, since they are two different files, they end up printing on two separate pages anyways. I will now update that sentence to make it more clear. As far as the agreement -- I needed to bring *some* example. So I just chose what I had freely available (and wouldn't identify me). – Alex Mar 09 '20 at 16:01
  • @Theophrastus `pdftk` is available actually. If that can lead to a solution, feel free to post it. – Alex Mar 09 '20 at 18:10
  • @Theophrastus If you saw the image included in the post -- `convert` doesn't seem to correct the files correctly; instead, this huge white gap appears above the image. I don't know if that's a bug with convert, or if there's something wrong with the program that created the images (since all images do this), or if there's some setting that needs to change. But I currently don't know what else can convert these PNG's into PDF's. – Alex Mar 09 '20 at 18:36

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