
   PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 12                                     PSNUP(1)

   NAME
     psnup - multiple pages per sheet

   SYNOPSIS
     psnup [ -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 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, b5, letter,
     legal, or 10x14. The default paper size is @PAPER@.

     The -l option should be used for pages which are in landscape orienta-
     tion (rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise). The -r option should be used
     for pages which are in seascape orientation (rotated 90 degrees clock-
     wise), 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 `column-
     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 nor-
     mal 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 speci-
     fied 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 lay-
     out 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 mes-
     sage.

     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.

   AUTHOR
     Angus Duggan

   SEE ALSO
     @MAN@

   TRADEMARKS
     PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

   BUGS
     Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.
