debian-pdfrw/examples/rl2/copy.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
usage: copy.py my.pdf
Creates copy.my.pdf
Uses somewhat-functional parser. For better results
for most things, see the Form XObject-based method.
'''
import sys
import os
from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
from decodegraphics import parsepage
from pdfrw import PdfReader, PdfWriter, PdfArray
inpfn, = sys.argv[1:]
outfn = 'copy.' + os.path.basename(inpfn)
pages = PdfReader(inpfn, decompress=True).pages
canvas = Canvas(outfn, pageCompression=0)
for page in pages:
box = [float(x) for x in page.MediaBox]
assert box[0] == box[1] == 0, "demo won't work on this PDF"
canvas.setPageSize(box[2:])
parsepage(page, canvas)
canvas.showPage()
canvas.save()