bloq / paperback

Backup to paper

Paperback

Software to assist in digital data backup to... dead tree paper.

Dependencies

• node v8, npm, and npm install dependencies in package.json
• Ubuntu packages: qrencode, zbar-tools

Limitations

• Only small files may be encoded. 500 bytes per page.
• Only one PDF page at present, therefore 500 bytes maximum (limitation being removed soon).

Usage

Backup binary file to PDF:

$ ./genpdf binary500.dat binary500.dat.pdf

Restore binary file from PDF backup:

$ ./qrpdf2bin binary500.dat.pdf > binary500.dat