psnup
multiple pages per sheet
see also :
psbook - psselect - pstops - epsffit - psresize - psmerge - fixscribeps - getafm - fixdlsrps - fixfmps - fixpsditps - fixpspps - fixtpps - fixwfwps - fixwpps - fixwwps - extractres - includeres - showchar
Synopsis
psnup [
-wwidth ] [ -hheight
] [ -ppaper ] [
-Wwidth ] [ -Hheight
] [ -Ppaper ] [ -l ] [
-r ] [ -f ] [ -c ] [
-mmargin ] [
-bborder ] [
-dlwidth ] [ -sscale
] [ -nup ] [ -q ] [
infile [ outfile ] ]
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examples
The potential use of this utility is varied but one particular
use is in conjunction with psbook(1). For example, using
groff to create a PostScript document and lpr as the
UNIX print spooler a typical command line might
look like this:
groff -Tps -ms file | psbook | psnup -2 | lpr
Where file is a 4 page document this command will result in a two
page document printing two pages of file per page and
rearranges the page order to match the input pages 4 and 1 on the
first output page and pages 2 then 3 of the input document on the
second output page.
source
if type
psnup >&/dev/null; then
echo "psnup -$4
-p$3 $1 $2"
psnup -$4 -p$3 $1 $2
elif type psmulti
>&/dev/null; then
source
if type
psnup >&/dev/null; then
echo "psnup -2
-pa4 $1 $2"
psnup -2 -pa4 $1 $2
elif type psmulti
>&/dev/null; then
description
Psnup
puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of
paper. The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe
Document Structuring Conventions.
The
-w option gives the paper width, and the
-h option gives the paper height, normally
specified in cm or in to convert
PostScript’s points (1/72 of an inch) to centimeters
or inches. The -p option can be used as an
alternative, to set the paper size to a0, a1, a2, a3, a4,
a5, b5, letter, legal, tabloid, statement, executive,
folio, quarto or 10x14. The default paper size is
normally a4, but on a Debian system, /etc/papersize
is consulted. The -W, -H, and
-P options set the input paper size, if it is
different from the output size. This makes it easy to impose
pages of one size on a different size of paper.
The
-l option should be used for pages which are in
landscape orientation (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise).
The -r option should be used for pages which
are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 degrees clockwise),
and the -f option should be used for pages
which have the width and height interchanged, but are not
rotated.
Psnup
normally uses ’row-major’ layout, where adjacent
pages are placed in rows across the paper. The
-c option changes the order to
’column-major’, where successive pages are
placed in columns down the paper.
A margin to
leave around the whole page can be specified with the
-m option. This is useful for sheets of
’thumbnail’ pages, because the normal page
margins are reduced by putting multiple pages on a single
sheet.
The
-b option is used to specify an additional
margin around each page on a sheet.
The
-d option draws a line around the border of
each page, of the specified width. If the lwidth
parameter is omitted, a default linewidth of 1 point is
assumed. The linewidth is relative to the original page
dimensions, i.e. it is scaled down with the rest of
the page.
The scale
chosen by psnup can be overridden with the
-s option. This is useful to merge pages which
are already reduced.
The
-nup option selects the number of logical pages
to put on each sheet of paper. This can be any whole number;
psnup tries to optimise the layout so that the
minimum amount of space is wasted. If psnup cannot
find a layout within its tolerance limit, it will abort with
an error message. The alternative form i nup can also
be used, for compatibility with other n-up programs.
Psnup
normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged;
the -q option suppresses this.
trademarks
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
bugs
Psnup
does not accept all DSC comments.
see also
psbook ,
psselect , pstops , epsffit , psnup, psresize ,
psmerge , fixscribeps , getafm , fixdlsrps ,
fixfmps , fixpsditps , fixpspps , fixtpps ,
fixwfwps , fixwpps , fixwwps , extractres ,
includeres , showchar
author
Copyright (C)
Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995