PDF Snake: Impose Documents Online for Free

What is PDF Snake?

PDF Snake is prepress software for performing document imposition.

• make booklets,
• impose (also called Nup or N-up) pages in a variety of configurations,
• resize pages,
• re-order pages,
• add pages from one document to another,
• and much more!

Tutorials provide gentle introductions to imposition and PDF Snake.

• Business Card Tutorial
• Folded Brochure Tutorial
• Variable Data Merge Tutorial (Advanced)

Skip the tutorials and try it now!

News

2026 June 17
Users have imposed 1,667,562 documents with PDFSnake.app!

When customers give you documents without bleeds, use PDF Snake's new Make Bleeds tool to add bleeds two ways:

• Enlarge the artwork to cover the bleed area.
• Mirror the edges of the artwork into the bleed area.

2026 April 21
Announcing PDF Snake Desktop!

• Installs on your MacOS, Windows, or Linux PC
• Imposes multi-gigabyte files with ease
• Compatible with air-gapped networks and workstations
• Perpetual free trial
Read more...

2026 January 8

The new Expert Grid tool gives you direct control over every page position, gutter, rotation, and creep. Even the most complicated layout can be quickly entered with the Expert Grid tool.

2025 November 4

Offset press operators can now reduce costs with PDF Snake's new Gang tool. By combining multiple jobs onto a single gang sheet, you'll etch fewer printing plates, directly saving money on materials and prep time.

2025 October 2
L-shaped registration marks have been added to the Cutter Marks tool to support Duplo and other digital cutters.

2025 June 3
Announcing a new way to automate PDF Snake with Zapier.

The Overlay tool now positions content in any corner or edge or the center of the page. Prior to version 6.256, the Overlay tool could only position content in the top left corner of the page.

PDF Snake's new Cutter Marks tool makes it easy to add cutter marks to your document. Cutter registration marks are printed indicators used to align cutting equipment precisely with the printed sheet during finishing operations.

PDF Snake's Cutter Marks are designed to work with Zund, Kongsberg, Mimaki, Summa and other digital cutters.

2025 April 29
Does your digital cutter support JDF? PDF Snake now generates JDF files with precise CutBlock data for every imposition, so you can streamline your workflow and eliminate manual steps. Just download the JDF and send it to your cutter.

2025 April 24
Insert Pages tool can now repeatedly insert pages. This makes it easy to add a common back side to a document of variable data front sides.

2025 February 24
The Stickers tool can now impose on continuous roll media in addition to sheet media.

2024 November 1
Announcing two new ways to automate PDF Snake:

• Make.com
• Web API

2024 August 22
New Insert Pages tool in version 6.214. The new tool combines pages from multiple documents.

2024 July 20
New Calendar tool in version 6.208. Creating a calendar with PDF Snake used to be a complicated, multi-step process. Now it's a simple tool.

2024 March 1
New Stickers tool in Version 6.180. The Stickers tool tightly packs odd shapes onto each sheet to minimize waste.