[Tex/LaTex] Print two sheets per page, with crop marks

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I have a 124 mm x 164 mm pdf document that I want to print, two sheets per page, on letter paper (in landscape orientation). Arranging the two sheets per page is easy with the pdfpages package:

\documentclass[letterpaper,landscape]{article}

\usepackage[margin=0cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

\begin{document}

\includepdf[nup=2x1,pages=-,noautoscale]{test_124x164.pdf}

\end{document}

However, I would also like to draw crop marks to aid with the cutting. I understand the crop package should do the job, but I can't figure out how to use it. The package documentation wasn't really helpful.

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Best Answer

If you are very keen on doing it yourself, here is a sample. Adjust the lengths as suitable.

\documentclass[letterpaper,landscape]{article}

\usepackage[margin=0cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{background}
\backgroundsetup{%
    angle=0,
    scale=1,
    opacity=1,
    contents={%
      \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay,thick]
        %% lower left
        \draw ([yshift=1cm]current page.south west) -- +(1.5,0);
        \draw ([xshift=1cm]current page.south west) -- +(0,1.5);
        %% lower right
        \draw ([yshift=1cm]current page.south east) -- +(-1.5,0);
        \draw ([xshift=-1cm]current page.south east) -- +(0,1.5);
        %% lower middle
        \draw (current page.south) -- +(0,1.5);
        \draw ([shift={(-1cm,1cm)}]current page.south) -- +(2,0);
        %% upper left
        \draw ([yshift=-1cm]current page.north west) -- +(1.5,0);
        \draw ([xshift=1cm]current page.north west) -- +(0,-1.5);
        %% upper right
        \draw ([yshift=-1cm]current page.north east) -- +(-1.5,0);
        \draw ([xshift=-1cm]current page.north east) -- +(0,-1.5);
        %% lower middle
        \draw (current page.north) -- +(0,-1.5);
        \draw ([shift={(-1cm,-1cm)}]current page.north) -- +(2,0);
      \end{tikzpicture}
  }%
}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[nup=2x1,pages=3-6]{pgfmanual.pdf}
\end{document}

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