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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/psutils/psnup.man b/Build/source/utils/psutils/psnup.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3edd10b4f40 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/utils/psutils/psnup.man @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +.TH PSNUP 1 "PSUtils Release @RELEASE@ Patchlevel @PATCHLEVEL@" +.SH NAME +psnup \- multiple pages per sheet +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B psnup +[ +.B \-w\fIwidth\fR +] [ +.B \-h\fIheight\fR +] [ +.B \-p\fIpaper\fR +] [ +.B \-W\fIwidth\fR +] [ +.B \-H\fIheight\fR +] [ +.B \-P\fIpaper\fR +] [ +.B \-l +] [ +.B \-r +] [ +.B \-f +] [ +.B \-c +] [ +.B \-m\fImargin\fR +] [ +.B \-b\fIborder\fR +] [ +.B \-d\fIlwidth\fR +] [ +.B \-s\fIscale\fR +] [ +.B \-\fInup\fR +] [ +.B \-q +] [ +.I infile +[ +.I outfile +] ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Psnup +puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper. +The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring +Conventions. +.PP +The +.I \-w +option gives the paper width, and the +.I \-h +option gives the paper height, +normally specified in +.B "cm" +or +.B "in" +to convert +PostScript's points (1/72 of an inch) +to centimeters or inches. +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 @PAPER@. +The +.I \-W, \-H, +and +.I \-P +options set the input paper size, if it is different from the output +size. This makes it easy to impose pages of one size on a different size of +paper. +.PP +The +.I \-l +option should be used for pages which are in landscape orientation (rotated 90 +degrees anticlockwise). The +.I \-r +option should be used for pages which are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 +degrees clockwise), and the +.I \-f +option should be used for pages which have the width and height interchanged, +but are not rotated. +.PP +.I Psnup +normally uses `row-major' layout, where adjacent pages are placed in rows +across the paper. +The +.I \-c +option changes the order to `column-major', where successive pages are placed +in columns down the paper. +.PP +A margin to leave around the whole page can be specified with the +.I \-m +option. This is useful for sheets of `thumbnail' pages, because the normal +page margins are reduced by putting multiple pages on a single sheet. +.PP +The +.I \-b +option is used to specify an additional margin around each page on a sheet. +.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 down with the rest of the page. +.PP +The scale chosen by +.I psnup +can be overridden with the +.I \-s +option. This is useful to merge pages which are already reduced. +.PP +The +.I \-\fInup\fR +option selects the number of logical pages to put on each sheet of paper. This +can be any whole number; +.I psnup +tries to optimise the layout so that the minimum amount of space is wasted. If +.I psnup +cannot find a layout within its tolerance limit, it will abort with an error +message. The alternative form +.I \i \fInup\fR +can also be used, for compatibility with other n-up programs. +.PP +.I Psnup +normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the +.I \-q +option suppresses this. +.SH EXAMPLES +The potential use of this utility is varied but one particular +use is in conjunction with +.I psbook(1). +For example, using groff to create a PostScript document and lpr as +the +.SM UNIX +print spooler a typical command line might look like this: +.sp +groff -Tps -ms \fIfile\fP | psbook | psnup -2 | lpr +.sp +Where file is a 4 page document this command will result in a +two page document printing two pages of \fIfile\fP per page and +rearranges the page order to match the input pages 4 and 1 +on the first output page and +pages 2 then 3 of the input document +on the second output page. +.SH AUTHOR +Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995 +.SH "SEE ALSO" +@MAN@ +.SH TRADEMARKS +.B PostScript +is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. +.SH BUGS +.I Psnup +does not accept all DSC comments. |