PSNUP

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 25 July 1988
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NAME

psnup - print n-up PostScript pages

SYNOPSIS

psnup [-n 2|4|8|16] [-r] [-s #] [-f file] [-o outfile]

DESCRIPTION

psnup takes an arbitrary PostScript file (or standard input) and filters it to give n-up printing.

OPTIONS

-n value: Select the number of page images that will be printed per sheet of paper. Allowed values are 2, 4, 8, and 16, and the default is 2.
-r: Reverse the order in which page images are laid out on the page. By default, page images are printed from left to right, top to bottom. The -r flag prints the pages from right to left, bottom to top. This can be useful when using psnup with print spoolers (such as TranScript) that automatically reverse the pages being fed to the PostScript printer.
-s: Select the spot for the first image to be printed. The range of spots is from 0 to (nup - 1), where nup is the number of images per page. The default is spot 0 (normally the top left of the page).
-f: File to be processed. Filename may not contain spaces. Default is stdin.
-o: Output file. Default is stdout.

REQUIREMENTS

This shell script uses the getopt(1) command, a version of which is in the public domain and available in the comp.sources.unix archives. This is not required for the OS/2 version of psnup.

OS/2 VERSION REQUIREMENTS

nup.pro and nup.epi must be in current directory or %PSNUP% directory.

AUTHOR

The OS/2 REXX version is by Clark Gaylord (cgaylord@vt.edu). OS/2 version required -f and introduced -o options. The OS/2 version is dated 1/29/95. psnup is a shell script written by Roy Smith (phri!roy) that uses PostScript scripts written by Ned Batchelder at U. Penn (ned@UPenn.CSNet). The manual page was contributed by Mic Kaczmarczik (mic@emx.utexas.edu).

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