PSNUP(1) UNIX System V (PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17) PSNUP(1)
NAME
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 centimeters or
inches. The -p option can be used as an alternative, to set
the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5, letter, legal, or 10x14.
The default paper size is a4. 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
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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
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.
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),
fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fixmacps(1), fixpsditps(1),
fixpspps(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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