


                                                                     PSNUP(1)



   NAME
     psnup - uses pstops to merge multiple pages per sheet

   SYNOPSIS
     psnup [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ] [ -l ] [ -2 | -4 | -8 | -9 ]
     [ -b ] [ -q ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]

   DESCRIPTION
     Psnup is a script making the use of pstops easier.  It uses Pstops to
     put more than one logical page of a PostScript document on each physical
     page of output.  The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Docu-
     ment Structuring 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, letter or legal.

     The -l option prints in landscape mode.

     The -2, -4, -8, and -9 options put 2, 4, 8, or 9 logical pages on each
     physical page.

     The -b option prevents any bind operators in the PostScript prolog from
     binding. This may be needed in cases where complex multi-page re-
     arrangements are being done.

     Pstops 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.

   AUTHOR
     Angus Duggan
     Manual page by Brian Colfer, University of California, San Francisco
     brianc@labmed.ucsf.edu

   SEE ALSO
     psbook(1), pstops(1), psselect(1)





                                                                            1






   PSNUP(1)


   TRADEMARKS
     PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

   BUGS
     Pstops does not accept all DSC comments.



















































   2


99
