title: Shrink and merge PDFs in Python
body: <p>I'm trying to shrink and merge two A4 PDF pages into one A4 page so that if I had;</p>
  
  <pre><code> _____        _____        
  |     |      |     |
  | p1  |      | p2  | 
  |     |      |     |
  |_____|      |_____|
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would get;</p>
  
  <pre><code> _____             
  | p1  |    
  |.....| 
  | p2  |  
  |_____|      
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As a new PDF, with two A5 sized pages on that one page. Similar to how you might print two pages per page on paper.</p>
  
  <p>I've looked into pyPDF (http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/) ReportLab (http://www.reportlab.com) but I can't seem to find how to shrink and merge like this.</p>
  
  <p>Any hints?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>