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+.TH PSTOPS 1 "PSUtils"
+.SH NAME
+pstops \- shuffle pages in a PostScript file
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pstops
+.RB [ \-q ]
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-w\fIwidth\fR ]
+.RB [ \-h\fIheight\fR ]
+.RB [ \-p\fIpaper\fR ]
+.RB [ \-d [ \fIlwidth\fR ]]
+.I pagespecs
+.RI [ infile
+.RI [ 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
+=
+.RI [ modulo\fB:\fP ] specs
+.TP
+.I specs
+=
+.IR spec [ \fB+\fPspecs | \fB,\fPspecs ]
+.TP
+.I spec
+=
+.RB [ - ] \fIpageno\fP [ L | R | U ][ H | V ][ @\fIscale\fP ][ ( \fIxoff\fP , \fIyoff\fP ) ]
+.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
+.BR L ,
+.BR R ,
+.BR R ,
+.BR R ,
+and
+.B V
+rotate the page left, right, or upside-down, and flip (mirror) page
+horizontally or vertically.
+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
+.IR spec s
+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 applied
+to the PostScript transformation matrix
+in that order regardless of which order
+they appear on the command line.
+The matrix accumulates the individual transformations.
+The effect on the image is to first scale with respect to an origin
+at the lower left corner, then rotate about the same origin, and
+finally shift.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-w
+option gives the width which is used by the
+.B "w"
+dimension specifier, and the
+.B \-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
+.B \-p
+option can be used as an alternative, to set the paper size. See
+.BR paper (1).
+.PP
+The
+.B \-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
+.D \-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,
+i.e., 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
+.B \-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
+Written by Angus J. C. Duggan.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR psutils (1)
+.SH TRADEMARKS
+.B PostScript
+is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
+.SH BUGS
+.B Pstops
+does not accept all DSC comments.