DVIHP(1) General Commands Manual DVIHP(1)NAME
dvihp - convert a TeX DVI file to Hewlett-Packard PCL
SYNOPSIS
dvihp [options] dvifile[.dvi]
DESCRIPTION
dvihp translates the given dvifile to Hewlett-Packard PCL using dvicopy(1) then $DVILJ (dvilj4 by default).
In the absence of other options, pipe the PCL to $SPOOL (lpr by default).
OPTIONS
Options are recognized from dvips where possible:
-A print odd pages
-B print even pages
-d n set debug bits to n (see documentation)
-D n set resolution to n
-f run as filter
-l n don't print pages after n
-m manual feed
-n n print n pages
-O a,b set/change paper offset to a,b mm.
-o s output to s instead of spooling
-p n don't print pages before n.
-Ps pass directly to lpr.
-v verbose operation.
-x n set magnification to n.
--help write usage summary.
Other options are passed to the dvilj program.
BUGS
Email bug reports to tex-k@tug.org.
SEE ALSO dvicopy(1), dvilj4(1).
December 24, 2009 DVIHP(1)
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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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