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This pdf file seems created from this site.

I check the information of the pdf file by pdfinfo the pdf file:

Creator:        pdftk 1.12 - www.pdftk.com
Producer:       itext-paulo (lowagie.com)[JDK1.1] - build 132
CreationDate:   Mon Mar 20 14:07:22 2006
ModDate:        Mon Mar 20 14:07:22 2006
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          565
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
Page rot:       0
File size:      6657623 bytes
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.5

I don't know pdftk can create pdf files from webpages. I guess it was created by some other way (which can add number to left bottom of each page), and then processed by pdftk. But I am happy to be wrong.

I like to know how that can be created (so long ago), because I would like to have a pdf file from the newer version of the book.

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  • They probably just used pdftk to glue some pages together or something.
    – Faheem Mitha
    Feb 28, 2015 at 0:51
  • I guess so, but the number of each page? Eventually I want to download their second edition. :)
    – Tim
    Feb 28, 2015 at 0:52

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One possible way to do this is:

  1. Print each section as pdf and then crop the unnecessary parts (like the navigation "buttons") with pdfcrop
  2. Use pdfpages package in latex and insert the pages of the previously printed and corpped files. You can add any type of header/footer/page number this way.
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  • Thanks. can we write a script to automate the process, given there are many pages?
    – Tim
    Feb 28, 2015 at 18:39
  • @Tim Yes you can, but it will not be fully automated. You can use xdotool mousemove x_cord y_xord click 1 and xdotool getmouselocation to make the clicks for printing the webpage to PDF. Then you will arrange the pdfcrop margins manually for the first section/chapter/document and replicate the process for the rest of the sections/pdf files. Finally, you can consult texblog.org/tag/pdfpages to merge the pages with the pdfpages package. If you want to reset the page number you can consult texblog.org/2007/07/25/counters-in-latex to use \setcounter{page}{#number}
    – Konstantinos
    Feb 28, 2015 at 19:00

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