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PSNUP(1)							      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 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 orienta‐
       tion (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise). The -r option should  be  used
       for  pages which are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 degrees clock‐
       wise), 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 spec‐
       ified 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 can‐
       not find a layout within its tolerance limit, it	 will  abort  with  an
       error message. The alternative form i nup can also be used, for compat‐
       ibility 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), fixps‐
       ditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1),
       extractres(1), includeres(1), showchar(1)

TRADEMARKS
       PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS
       Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.

			PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17		      PSNUP(1)
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