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 Structuring Conventions.

       The -w option gives the paper width, and the -h option gives the paper height, normally specified  in  cm
       or in.  The -p option can be used as an alternative, to set the paper size to a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, b5,
       letter, legal, tabloid, statement, executive, folio, quarto or 10x14.  The default paper size is normally
       a4,  but on a Debian system, /etc/papersize is consulted.  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 `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 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.

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),  fixpsditps(1),  fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1),
       fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1), showchar(1)

TRADEMARKS

       PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS

       Psnup does not accept all DSC comments.

                                         PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17                                PSNUP(1)