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diff --git a/support/impose/README b/support/impose/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1e197e7fa7 --- /dev/null +++ b/support/impose/README @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + 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. |