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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+ impose+
+ version 0.1
+ A set of PostScript utilities
+ Dov Grobgeld
+
+impose+ is a set of postscript utilities. The main program of impose+
+is impose which is used for two-up printing of DSC complient postscript.
+This includes postscript from e.g. netscape, dvips, and FrameMaker. It
+makes an effort to remove white space from the printout by probing the
+original postscript for the bounding box of the printed area. This makes
+the output much more esthetic than does a simplistic layout of non-cropped
+original papers.
+
+impose may also be used as a print filter, e.g. for automatically
+printing two-up files from netscape.
+
+The utilities are all written in perl and are released under the GNU
+public licence as described in the file COPYING. They depend on the
+installation of the psutils package by Angus J.C. Duggan.
+
+Here is some additional descriptions of the different scripts in the
+program.
+
+impose - A preprocessor to pstops by Angus J.C. Duggan, for creating
+ 2-up printouts. It uses bboxx to extract the bounding box
+ of the original postscript file and creates the 2-up copy,
+ considering only the text body and the margin parameters
+ entered by the user.
+
+bboxx - Extract the bounding box of a postscript file, with the
+ option of entering the bounding box into the file.
+
+fixtd - Set tumble and duplex options for the printout.
+
+psbl - A preprocessor to impose and psbl for creating
+ booklets.