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MPAGE(Local)                                         MPAGE(Local)


NNAAMMEE
       mpage  -  print  muliple  pages  per  sheet  on POSTSCRIPT
       printer

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       mmppaaggee  [[--11224488ppoovvssnnlluuaaAA]]  [[--LLlliinneess]]  [[--WWwwiiddtthh]]   [[--hhhheeaaddeerr]]
       [[--PPpprriinntteerr]] [[ffiilleess......]]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       _M_p_a_g_e  reads  plain text files or POSTSCRIPT documents and
       prints them on a POSTSCRIPT printer with the text  reduced
       in  size  so  that  several  pages apperar on one sheet of
       paper.  This is useful for viewing large  printouts  on  a
       small amount of paper.

       The following options are recognized:

       --88     Print 8 normal pages per sheet.

       --44     Print 4 normal pages per sheet _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_]_.

       --22     Print 2 normal pages per sheet.

       --11     Print  1 normal page per sheet (included for symme-
              try).

       --pp     Pipe input through pprr(11) before  printing  (assumes
              the input is a text file).

       --oo     Print   an   outline   around  each  reduced  page.
              _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_]_.

       --bb     Don't print an outline, so the reduced pages appear
              on a blank background.

       --vv     Print  to  the standard error output a count of the
              number of sheets  produced  for  printing  (verbose
              mode) _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_]_.

       --ss     Don't print the count of sheets (silent mode).

       --nn     Print  in  normal  (portrait) mode.  The page is 66
              lines  long  by  80  characters  wide  by   default
              _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_]_.

       --ll     Print in landscape mode.  The page is 55 lines long
              by 132 characters wide by default.

       --uu     Layout the pages on the sheet so  that  sucessively
              numbered  pages  run  down the sheet (as opposed to
              left to right) _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_]_.

       --aa     Layout the pages on the sheet so  that  sucessively
              numbered  pages  run  accross the page from left to



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              right.

       --AA     Prepare output for European A4 sized paper.

       --PP_p_r_i_n_t_e_r
              Specify the printer to which the POSTSCRIPT  output
              will  be  sent.  Using --PP with no printer specified
              will send the POSTSCRIPT to  the  standard  output.
              _[_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_: PPoossttSSccrriipptt_]_.

       --LL_l_i_n_e_s
              Adjust  the page reduction parameters so that _l_i_n_e_s
              lines will fit in the  space  of  one  page.   This
              overides  the  default  values  normally  supplied.
              (See the --ll and --nn options.)  If used  in  conjunc-
              tion  with  the --pp option then this value is passed
              to pr as well.

       --WW_w_i_d_t_h
              Adjust the page reduction parameters so that a line
              _w_i_d_t_h  characters long will fit in the space of one
              page.  This overides the  default  values  normally
              supplied.  (See the --ll and --nn options.)  If used in
              conjunction with the --pp option then this  value  is
              passed to pr as well.

       --hh_h_e_a_d_e_r
              This is used only when the --pp switch is used and is
              passed as the "--hh _h_e_a_d_e_r" option to pprr(11).

       The defaults are: mpage -4onuPPostScript.

EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT
       _M_p_a_g_e examines the PPRRIINNTTEERR environment variable  to  over-
       ride its default printer.

       _M_p_a_g_e  also  examine  the  MMPPAAGGEE  environment variable for
       default option settings.  Any  option  or  combination  of
       options  can  be  specified in the MMPPAAGGEE environment vari-
       able.  For example, if MPAGE is set to the string:
                 --22ooPPqqmmss --LL6600
       it would (in the absence of other command line  arguments)
       print 2 pages per sheet, 60 lines per page, with outlines,
       on the printer named qqmmss (overriding the PPRRIINNTTEERR  environ-
       ment  variable,  if  it exists.)  In the environment vari-
       able, white space is used as an option delimeter,  and  no
       quoting is recognized.

       Any  command  line  options will override both the PPRRIINNTTEERR
       and MMPPAAGGEE environment variables.

FFIILLEESS
       /bin/pr   /bin/fold
       /usr/tmp/mpageXXXXXX



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BBUUGGSS
       Suffers under the burden of far too many switches.  (But II
       wanted the choices!)

       Many others, I'm sure.

VVEERRSSIIOONN
       Version 2, Released June 1989.

AAUUTTHHOORRSS
       Mark  P.  Hahn (uunet!pyrdc!mark), Pyramid Technology Cor-
       portation













































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