Plakativ Alternatives

Plakativ is described as 'This software allows one to stretch a PDF document or raster image across multiple pages that can then be printed on a common inkjet or laser printer, cut and glued together into a larger poster' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Plakativ for Windows, Web-based, Mac and Linux. The best Plakativ alternative is Rasterbator, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Plakativ are Block Posters, PosteRazor, pdfposter and Posterizer.

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  1. Rasterbator icon

    Rasterbator

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    The Rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page half-toned pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size.

    15 Rasterbator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Plakativ's author states: „PosteRazor served as the inspiration for this software. But in contrast to PosteRazor, plakativ allows PDF documents as input and outputs PDF document with the exact same quality as the input. It is thus not necessary anymore to first do a lossy rasterization of an input PDF so that one can work with PosteRazor.“

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    • Rasterbator is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to Plakativ.

    • Rasterbator is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Plakativ.

    • Rasterbator is Free and Open SourcePlakativ is also Free and Open Source
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    PosteRazor

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    The PosteRazor cuts a raster image into pieces which can afterwards be printed out and assembled to a poster.

    11 PosteRazor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • PosteRazor is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Plakativ.

    • PosteRazor is Free and Open SourcePlakativ is also Free and Open Source
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    RonyaSoft Poster Printer

    Versatile software for creating large banners and posters from pictures, photos, Word, or Excel files without special plotters. Use standard printers for big prints, incorporating scanners for direct output. Features inbuilt scal...

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    pdfposter

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    This requires the installation of Python and pyPDF. Out of the gate, the script does not provide for image overlap, however there is a patch that does fix this. The patch requires replacing 5-6 lines in 3 files and adding 2-3 new ones, its very easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about pdfposter as an Alternative to Plakativ
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    Plakativ's author says about pdfposter:

    • no GUI
    • cumbersome box definition
    • no page borders for gluing
    • superfluous empty pages
    • only very simple layouter
    • scaling by width/height instead by area makes doubling unintuitive
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    • pdfposter is Free and Open SourcePlakativ is also Free and Open Source
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    Posterizer

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    Posterizer's free online rasterbator allows you to create posters larger than a standard page, using the tiled printing method. It will rasterize any image and output files that can be printed at home and reassemble to the original image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. RonyaSoft Poster Printer icon

    RonyaSoft Poster Printer

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    Versatile software for creating large banners and posters from pictures, photos, Word, or Excel files without special plotters. Use standard printers for big prints, incorporating scanners for direct output. Features inbuilt scaling, resolution settings, and a preview option.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • RonyaSoft Poster Printer is the most popular commercial alternative to Plakativ.

    • RonyaSoft Poster Printer is Paid and ProprietaryPlakativ is Free and Open Source
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    Mindcad Tiler

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    Print a PDF Page on Multiple Sheets of Paper.

    Print a single PDF page using multiple sheets of paper to create large banners and posters. Independently scale and center each page in a PDF document as you add or remove rows and columns. Visually preview results in the workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. poster

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    Use the Poster program to create a Poster from an EPS or PostScript file. This is the grand-daddy of all poster programs and still exists as a Linux package. It was written in by Jos van Eijndhoven in 1995. Pdfposter depends on it. it only works with ps and eps files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  13. A Tiling Script With Python Imaging

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    This very simple script requires the installation of Python, Python imaging and ImageMagick. Its crying out for a web front end and maybe generalization Perl and PHP versions as well as a front end.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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