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NAME
nup - multiple pages per sheet with dvi2ps
SYNOPSIS
nup [ [ -p paper ] [ -2 ] [ -4 ] [ -8 ] [ -l ] [ -n ] ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the nup command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the origi-
nal command hadn't manual page.
Nup puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper with dvi2ps. The input PostScript file should be of dvi2ps
The -p paper option is to set the paper size which is available with dvi2ps.
The -2 option is to put 2 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -4 option is to put 4 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -8 option is to put 8 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -l option is to surround a page with frame.
The -n option in not to shrink each logical pages.
EXAMPLES
to print 2 pages in a sheet:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -2 | lpr
to print 8 pages in a B4 paper:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -8 -p b4 | lpr
to print 4 pages in a letter size paper with frame:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -4 -p letter -l | lpr
to print 2 B5 size pages in a B4 paper:
dvi2ps -o b5 foo.dvi | nup -2 -n -p b4 | lpr
SEE ALSO
dvi2ps(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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NAME
psnup - multiple pages per sheet
SYNOPSIS
psnup [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ] [ -Wwidth ] [ -Hheight ] [ -Ppaper ] [ -l ] [ -r ] [ -f ] [ -c ] [ -mmargin ] [ -bborder ] [
-dlwidth ] [ -sscale ] [ -nup ] [ -q ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Psnup puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper. The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structur-
ing Conventions.
The -w option gives the paper width, and the -h option gives the paper height, normally specified in cm or in to convert PostScript's
points (1/72 of an inch) to centimeters or inches. The -p option can be used as an alternative, to set the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5,
letter, legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto, 10x14 or _glibc, where latter one means the format of the current locale. The
default paper size is _glibc. The -W, -H, and -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.
The -l option should be used for pages which are in landscape orientation (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise). The -r option should be used
for pages which are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 degrees clockwise), and the -f option should be used for pages which have the width
and height interchanged, but are not rotated.
Psnup normally uses `row-major' layout, where adjacent pages are placed in rows across the paper. The -c option changes the order to `col-
umn-major', where successive pages are placed in columns down the paper.
A margin to leave around the whole page can be specified with the -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.
The -b option is used to specify an additional margin around each page on a sheet.
The -d option draws a line around the border of each page, of the specified width. If the lwidth 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 down with the rest of the page.
The scale chosen by psnup can be overridden with the -s option. This is useful to merge pages which are already reduced.
The -nup option selects the number of logical pages to put on each sheet of paper. This can be any whole number; psnup tries to optimise
the layout so that the minimum amount of space is wasted. If psnup cannot find a layout within its tolerance limit, it will abort with an
error message. The alternative form i nup can also be used, for compatibility with other n-up programs.
Psnup normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the -q option suppresses this.
EXAMPLES
The potential use of this utility is varied but one particular use is in conjunction with psbook(1). For example, using groff to create a
PostScript document and lpr as the UNIX print spooler a typical command line might look like this:
groff -Tps -ms file | psbook | psnup -2 | lpr
Where file is a 4 page document this command will result in a two page document printing two pages of file 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.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
LC_ALL, LC_PAPER
These variables are specifying the papertype when used paper is _glibc. For details see the locale(7) manpage.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) Angus J. C. Duggan 1991-1995
SEE ALSO
psbook(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), epsffit(1), psnup(1), psresize(1), psmerge(1), fixscribeps(1), getafm(1), fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fix-
psditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1)
TRADEMARKS
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
BUGS
Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.
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