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 or
10x14. The default paper size is letter. 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 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
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.
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.