% rearranging pages into 1x2 blocks

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

\newcount\stran
\input ../stran.tex
\newcount\mtemp
\mtemp=\stran
\advance\mtemp by -1 %%%

\begin{document}
\includepdf[scale=0.95,
  landscape, nup=1x2, pages={2-{\the\mtemp}},
  delta=0 40, signature={\the\stran}]{ib-temp-a}
  % scale=0.95, delta=0 40
\end{document}
