1PSNUP(1) General Commands Manual PSNUP(1)
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6 psnup - multiple pages per sheet
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9 psnup [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ] [ -Wwidth ] [ -Hheight ] [
10 -Ppaper ] [ -l ] [ -r ] [ -f ] [ -c ] [ -mmargin ] [ -bborder ] [
11 -dlwidth ] [ -sscale ] [ -nup ] [ -q ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]
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14 Psnup puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper.
15 The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring
16 Conventions.
17 The -w option gives the paper width, and the -h option gives the paper
19 height, normally specified in cm or in to convert PostScript's points
20 (1/72 of an inch) to centimeters or inches. The -p option can be used
21 as an alternative, to set the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5, letter,
22 legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto, 10x14 or _glibc,
23 where latter one means the format of the current locale. The default
24 paper size is _glibc. The -W, -H, and -P options set the input paper
25 size, if it is different from the output size. This makes it easy to
26 impose pages of one size on a different size of paper.
27 The -l option should be used for pages which are in landscape orienta‐
29 tion (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise). The -r option should be used
30 for pages which are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 degrees clock‐
31 wise), and the -f option should be used for pages which have the width
32 and height interchanged, but are not rotated.
33 Psnup normally uses `row-major' layout, where adjacent pages are placed
35 in rows across the paper. The -c option changes the order to `column-
36 major', where successive pages are placed in columns down the paper.
37 A margin to leave around the whole page can be specified with the -m
39 option. This is useful for sheets of `thumbnail' pages, because the
40 normal page margins are reduced by putting multiple pages on a single
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42 The -b option is used to specify an additional margin around each page
44 on a sheet.
45 The -d option draws a line around the border of each page, of the spec‐
47 ified width. If the lwidth parameter is omitted, a default linewidth
48 of 1 point is assumed. The linewidth is relative to the original page
49 dimensions, i.e. it is scaled down with the rest of the page.
50 The scale chosen by psnup can be overridden with the -s option. This is
52 useful to merge pages which are already reduced.
53 The -nup option selects the number of logical pages to put on each
55 sheet of paper. This can be any whole number; psnup tries to optimise
56 the layout so that the minimum amount of space is wasted. If psnup can‐
57 not find a layout within its tolerance limit, it will abort with an
58 error message. The alternative form i nup can also be used, for compat‐
59 ibility with other n-up programs.
60 Psnup normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the -q
62 option suppresses this.
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65 The potential use of this utility is varied but one particular use is
66 in conjunction with psbook(1). For example, using groff to create a
67 PostScript document and lpr as the UNIX print spooler a typical command
68 line might look like this:
69 groff -Tps -ms file | psbook | psnup -2 | lpr
71 Where file is a 4 page document this command will result in a two page
73 document printing two pages of file per page and rearranges the page
74 order to match the input pages 4 and 1 on the first output page and
75 pages 2 then 3 of the input document on the second output page.
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78 LC_ALL, LC_PAPER
79 These variables are specifying the papertype when used paper is
80 _glibc. For details see the locale(7) manpage.
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83 Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995
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86 psbook(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), epsffit(1), psnup(1), psresize(1),
87 psmerge(1), fixscribeps(1), getafm(1), fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fixps‐
88 ditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1),
89 extractres(1), includeres(1)
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92 PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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95 Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.
96 PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17 PSNUP(1)