NAME

       pstops - shuffle pages in a PostScript file

SYNOPSIS

       pstops [ -q ] [ -b ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] [ -ppaper ] [ -dlwidth ] pagespecs [ infile [ outfile ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Pstops rearranges pages from a PostScript document, creating a new PostScript file.  The input PostScript
       file  should  follow  the  Adobe Document Structuring Conventions.  Pstops can be used to perform a large
       number of arbitrary re-arrangements of Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up,  booklets,
       reversing, selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc.

       pagespecs follow the syntax:

              pagespecs   = [modulo:]specs

              specs       = spec[+specs][,specs]

              spec        = [-]pageno[L][R][U][H][V][@scale][(xoff,yoff)]

       modulo  is  the  number of pages in each block. The value of modulo should be greater than 0; the default
       value is 1.  specs are the page specifications for the pages in each block. The value of  the  pageno  in
       each  spec  should be between 0 (for the first page in the block) and modulo-1 (for the last page in each
       block) inclusive.  The optional dimensions xoff and yoff shift the page by the  specified  amount.   xoff
       and  yoff are in PostScript's points, but may be followed by the units cm or in to convert to centimetres
       or inches, or the flag w or h to specify as a multiple of the width or height.  The  optional  parameters
       L,  R,  U,  H  and  V rotate the page left, right, or upside-down, and flip (mirror) page horizontally or
       vertically.  The optional scale parameter scales the page by the fraction  specified.   If  the  optional
       minus sign is specified, the page is relative to the end of the document, instead of the start.

       If  page specs are separated by + the pages will be merged into one page; if they are separated by , they
       will be on separate pages.  If there is only one page specification, with pageno zero, the pageno may  be
       omitted.

       The  shift,  rotation,  and  scaling  are  applied  to the PostScript transformation matrix in that order
       regardless of which order they appear on  the  command  line.   The  matrix  accumulates  the  individual
       transformations.   The  effect on the image is to first scale with respect to an origin at the lower left
       corner, then rotate about the same origin, and finally shift.

       The -w option gives the width which is used by the w dimension specifier, and the  -h  option  gives  the
       height  which is used by the h dimension specifier. These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to set
       the clipping path for each page.  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 a4.

       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.

       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 up or down with the rest of the page.

       Pstops normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the -q option suppresses this.

EXAMPLES

       This  section  contains  some  sample  re-arrangements.  To put two pages on one sheet (of A4 paper), the
       pagespec to use is:

                                         "2:0L@.7(21cm,0)+1L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)"

       To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:

                                                         2:-0

       To re-arrange pages for printing 2-up booklets, use

                                        "4:-3L@.7(21cm,0)+0L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)"

       for the front sides, and

                                        "4:1L@.7(21cm,0)+-2L@.7(21cm,14.85cm)"

       for the reverse sides (or join them with a comma for duplex printing).

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

       Pstops does not accept all DSC comments.

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