pstops - shuffle pages in a PostScript file


SYNOPSIS

       pstops  [ -q ] [ -b ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ]
       [ -dlwidth ] pagespecs [ infile [ outfile ] ]


DESCRIPTION

       Pstops rearranges pages from a PostScript document, creat­
       ing  a  new  PostScript  file.   The input PostScript file
       should follow the Adobe Document Structuring  Conventions.
       Pstops  can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary
       re-arrangements  of  Documents,  including  arranging  for
       printing  2-up, 4-up, booklets, reversing, selecting front
       or back sides of documents, scaling, etc.

       pagespecs follow the syntax:

              pagespecs   = [modulo:]specs

              specs       = spec[+specs][,specs]

              spec        =
                          [-]pageno[L][R][U][@scale][(xoff,yoff)]

       modulo is the number of pages in each block. The value  of
       modulo  should  be greater than 0; the default value is 1.
       specs are the page specifications for the  pages  in  each
       block.  The  value  of  the  pageno in each spec should be
       between 0 (for the first page in the block)  and  modulo-1
       (for the last page in each block) inclusive.  The optional
       dimensions xoff and yoff shift the page by  the  specified
       amount.  xoff and yoff are in PostScript's points, but may
       be followed by the units cm or in to convert  to  centime­
       tres  or inches, or the flag w or h to specify as a multi­
       ple of the width or height.  The optional parameters L, R,
       and  U  rotate  the page left, right, or upside-down.  The
       optional scale parameter scales the page by  the  fraction
       specified.   If  the optional minus sign is specified, the
       page is relative to the end of the  document,  instead  of
       the start.

       If  page specs are separated by + the pages will be merged
       into one page; if they are separated by  they will  be  on
       separate  pages.  If there is only one page specification,
       with pageno zero, the pageno may be omitted.

       The shift, rotation, and scaling  are  performed  in  that
       order regardless of which order they appear on the command
       line.

       The -w option gives the width  which  is  used  by  the  w
       dimension  specifier,  and  the -h option gives the height
       which  is  used  by  the  h  dimension  specifier.   These

       ping path for each page.  The -p option can be used as  an
       alternative, to set the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5, let­
       ter, legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio,  quarto,
       10x14  or _glibc, where latter one means the format of the
       current locale. The default paper size is _glibc.

       The  -b  option  prevents  any  bind  operators   in   the
       PostScript  prolog  from  binding.  This  may be needed in
       cases where complex multi-page re-arrangements  are  being
       done.

       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 up or down with the rest of the page.

       Pstops  normally  prints the page numbers of the pages re-
       arranged; the -q option suppresses this.


EXAMPLES

       This section contains some sample re-arrangements. To  put
       two  pages on one sheet (of A4 paper), the pagespec to use
       is:

                  2:0L@.7(21cm,0)+1L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)

       To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:

                                  2:-0

       To re-arrange pages for printing 2-up booklets, use

                  4:-3L@.7(21cm,0)+0L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)

       for the front sides, and

                  4:1L@.7(21cm,0)+-2L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)

       for the reverse sides (or  join  them  with  a  comma  for
       duplex printing).


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),

       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

       Pstops does not accept all DSC comments.


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