[Tex/LaTex] Printing beamer slides

Question

I want to print handouts of a Beamer presentation. I am using psnup to a create a copy with multiple slides per pages. I notice that there is a lot of empty space on the top of each slide and the actual printed material takes a small proportion of the space allocated to each slide. Is there a way I can fix this?

Answer 1

I use the following preamble, making use of the package handoutWithNotes:

% \documentclass{beamer}
% \usepackage{beamerthemeclassic}
% \documentclass[handout]{beamer}
% \mode<presentation>
% {
%    \usetheme{classic}
% }
%  Leaving the lines above commented and uncommenting the following
%  produces slides four to a page, with or without space for notes;
%  the selection is made with the command
%
%      \pgfpagesuselayout{...}
%
%  a few lines below.
\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{handoutWithNotes}
%
%  Load other packages you may need here
% 
% \pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[a4paper,landscape,border shrink=5mm
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1 with notes}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
%
% .....

It produces rather nicely formatted output four slides to a page, either in landscape format or in portrait format, with space for notes --something my students like.

Look to the blog of Guido Diepen for more info and an example.