psnup - multiple pages per sheet
SYNOPSIS
psnup [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ] [ -Wwidth ] [
-Hheight ] [ -Ppaper ] [ -l ] [ -r ] [ -f ] [ -c ] [
-mmargin ] [ -bborder ] [ -dlwidth ] [ -sscale ] [ -nup ]
[ -q ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]
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 centime
ters or inches. The -p option can be used as an alterna
tive, to set the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5, letter,
legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto, 10x14
or _glibc, where latter one means the format of the cur
rent locale. The default paper size is _glibc. The -W,
-H, and -P options set the input paper size, if it is dif
ferent 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 land
scape 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 `thumb
nail' 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 omit
ted, 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
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.
EXAMPLES
The potential use of this utility is varied but one par
ticular use is in conjunction with psbook(1). For exam
ple, 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.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
LC_ALL, LC_PAPER
These variables are specifying the papertype when
used paper is _glibc. For details see the
locale(7) manpage.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995
SEE ALSO
psbook(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), epsffit(1), psnup(1),
psresize(1), psmerge(1), fixscribeps(1), getafm(1), fixdl
srps(1), fixfmps(1), fixmacps(1), fixpsditps(1), fixp
spps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1),
extractres(1), includeres(1)
TRADEMARKS
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
BUGS
Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.
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