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+.TH PSTOPS 1 "PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17"
+.SH NAME
+pstops \- shuffle pages in a PostScript file
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pstops
+[
+.B \-q
+] [
+.B \-b
+] [
+.B \-w\fIwidth\fR
+] [
+.B \-h\fIheight\fR
+] [
+.B \-p\fIpaper\fR
+] [
+.B \-d\fIlwidth\fR
+]
+.I pagespecs
+[
+.I infile
+[
+.I outfile
+] ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Pstops
+rearranges pages from a PostScript document, creating a new PostScript file.
+The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring
+Conventions.
+.I Pstops
+can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary re-arrangements of
+Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up, booklets, reversing,
+selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc.
+.PP
+.I pagespecs
+follow the syntax:
+.RS
+.TP 12
+.I pagespecs
+.I = [modulo:]specs
+.TP
+.I specs
+.I = spec[+specs][,specs]
+.TP
+.I spec
+.I = [-]pageno[L][R][U][@scale][(xoff,yoff)]
+.RE
+.sp
+.I modulo
+is the number of pages in each block. The value of
+.I modulo
+should be greater than 0; the default value is 1.
+.I specs
+are the page specifications for the pages in each block. The value of the
+.I pageno
+in each
+.I spec
+should be between 0 (for the first page in the block) and \fImodulo\fR-1
+(for the last page in each block) inclusive.
+The optional dimensions
+.I xoff
+and
+.I yoff
+shift the page by the specified amount.
+.I xoff
+and
+.I yoff
+are in PostScript's points, but may be followed by the units
+.B "cm"
+or
+.B "in"
+to convert to centimetres or inches, or the flag
+.B "w"
+or
+.B "h"
+to specify as a multiple of the width or height.
+The optional parameters \fIL\fR, \fIR\fR, and \fIU\fR rotate the page left,
+right, or upside-down.
+The optional
+.I scale
+parameter scales the page by the fraction specified.
+If the optional minus sign is specified, the page is relative to the end of
+the document, instead of the start.
+
+If page \fIspec\fRs are separated by
+.B \+
+the pages will be merged into one page; if they are separated by
+.B \,
+they will be on separate pages.
+If there is only one page specification, with
+.I pageno
+zero, the \fIpageno\fR may be omitted.
+
+The shift, rotation, and scaling are performed
+in that order regardless of which order
+they appear on the command line.
+.PP
+The
+.I \-w
+option gives the width which is used by the
+.B "w"
+dimension specifier, and the
+.I \-h
+option gives the height which is used by the
+.B "h"
+dimension specifier. These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to set the
+clipping path for each page.
+The
+.I \-p
+option can be used as an alternative, to set the paper size to
+.B a3, a4, a5, b5, letter, legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto
+or
+.B 10x14.
+The default paper size is
+.B a4.
+.PP
+The
+.I \-b
+option prevents any
+.B bind
+operators in the PostScript prolog from binding. This may be needed in cases
+where complex multi-page re-arrangements are being done.
+.PP
+The
+.I \-d
+option draws a line around the border of each page, of the specified width.
+If the \fIlwidth\fR parameter is omitted, a default linewidth of 1 point is
+assumed. The linewidth is relative to the original page dimensions,
+\fIi.e.\fR it is scaled up or down with the rest of the page.
+.PP
+Pstops normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the
+.I \-q
+option suppresses this.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+This section contains some sample re-arrangements. To put two pages on one
+sheet (of A4 paper), the pagespec to use is:
+.sp
+.ce
+2:0L@.7(21cm,0)+1L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)
+.sp
+To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:
+.sp
+.ce
+2:-0
+.sp
+To re-arrange pages for printing 2-up booklets, use
+.sp
+.ce
+4:-3L@.7(21cm,0)+0L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)
+.sp
+for the front sides, and
+.sp
+.ce
+4:1L@.7(21cm,0)+-2L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)
+.sp
+for the reverse sides (or join them with a comma for duplex printing).
+.SH AUTHOR
+Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+epsffit(1), psbook(1), psnup(1), psresize(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), extractres(1), fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fixpsditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixscribeps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1), includeres(1), psmerge(1), getafm(1)
+.SH TRADEMARKS
+.B PostScript
+is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
+.SH BUGS
+.I Pstops
+does not accept all DSC comments.