Here is plugin for Gimp batch conversion http://registry.gimp.org/taxonomy/term/539 On 12/12/2013 02:26 PM, N K wrote: > If the other method didn't work, I think that I once used GIMP to > convert a PNG to a PDF. It's worth a try. > > Even so, assuming that you can convert each PNG to a PDF, I can > recommend this command line program (PDF tool kit....aka pdftk) for > gluing together many individual PDFs into one PDF. I was using it on a > Windows machine, but it seems like it comes also with Mac installer, and > possibly Linux may have a package. > > If you are going to use it, read their example page, and possibly their > man page, first. > Not that hard to set up and get going. > > http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/ > > If there is better free alternative out there for Linux (or > cross-platform), please let me know. :-) > > -- Nicholas > > On 12/12/13 12:00 PM, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org wrote: >> Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Best way to convert a folder of png files into a pdf? >> (Michael Moore) >> 2. Re: Best way to convert a folder of png files into a pdf? >> (Josh More) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:04:02 -0600 >> From: Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> >> To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> Subject: [tclug-list] Best way to convert a folder of png files into a >> pdf? >> Message-ID: >> <CAFE18KX=q29s3FZ2T8NZrTyhHAcRJteHM5hHNAK0EShtNY9vJA at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> I've got a folder of png files that I want to turn into a multi-page pdf >> with letter-sized pages. >> >> I'm currently trying to use imagemagick, but the resulting PDF is smaller >> than it should be. I've posted a message on ImageMagick's forums,[1] but >> I'm wondering if I'm not just using the wrong tool in the first place. >> >> Does anyone have a better tool to be using for this? >> >> Thanks, >> Michael Moore >> >> >> [1] http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24633 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131212/996ee8a6/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:08:49 -0600 >> From: Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> >> To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Best way to convert a folder of png files >> into a pdf? >> Message-ID: >> <CAB3GUt8-RSQCff0UTf=e6j-NidNJmzG312HZzeMPe8bE_=yMFQ at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> You need to do it in two steps: >> >> convert *.png test.mng >> convert test.mng test.pdf >> >> This is how I did my security comic book. The only gotcha is to check the >> page order with an "ls *.png" first. I had to preface each file with the >> pagenumber (00 - 24) to get them in the right order. >> >> -Josh >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I've got a folder of png files that I want to turn into a multi-page pdf >>> with letter-sized pages. >>> >>> I'm currently trying to use imagemagick, but the resulting PDF is smaller >>> than it should be. I've posted a message on ImageMagick's forums,[1] but >>> I'm wondering if I'm not just using the wrong tool in the first place. >>> >>> Does anyone have a better tool to be using for this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Michael Moore >>> >>> >>> [1] http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24633 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131212/0fe32fbb/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 108, Issue 14 >> ******************************************* >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Raymond Norton LCTN 952.955.7766 Sent from My Desktop -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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