NAME

       psf - PostScript filter

SYNOPSIS

       psf [-p] [-olist] [-#N] [-r] [-mmessage] [-land] [-upside] [-2] [-securityN[,message]] [-c] [-inputtrayN]
       [-outputtrayN]  [-ips_ignore]  [-ips_fit]  [-ips_error]  [-noreport]  [-sort[N]]  [-duplex]   [-noduplex]
       [-tumble] [-selectstring] [-courierold] [-nondsc] [--] [file] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Psf  can  be  used  to  change  the  behavior  of  a  PostScript  program.  It uses the Adobe structuring
       conventions to perform operations like page selection, changing  the  page  order,  rotate  pages,  print
       multiple  copies, use the printers secondary paper input, and the printing of a message across each page.
       The concatenated input files are assumed to form one PostScript program conforming  to  the  PS-Adobe-2.0
       structuring  conventions.   The  output  conforms  to the same conventions.  The -p option can be used to
       convert input files from text to PostScript before any further processing takes place.
       In all options with a variable part expressed by italics, except the -sort  option,  that  variable  part
       need  not  be  part  of  the  option  argument, but can be the next argument.  For example: `psf -#1' and
       `psf -# 1' have the same effect.

OPTIONS

       -p     This option is an exception in that the input files are treated as  printable  text  and  sent  to
              psprint(1) before any further processing takes place.

       -olist Select  the  pages  mentioned  in  the  list,  which  has  the  same format as is used in troff(1)
              utilities.  List is a comma separated list of page numbers (N) and ranges (N1-N2).  The initial or
              trailing  number  of  a range can be left unspecified.  Neither the pages in the PostScript input,
              nor in the list need to be ordered.
              Example: -o-4,9,11-13,15- will cause the pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 of a  16  page
              document to be present in the output.

       -#N    Causes N copies of each page to be printed.

       -r     Reverse the page order.

       -mmessage
              Print the message diagonally across each page in point size 54 outline helvetica bold.

       -land  Print each page in landscape mode. I.e. rotated 90 degrees.

       -upside
              Print each page upside down. Assumes upright A4.

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BUGS

       Some options do not cooperate well when given on one command line.  In that case  it  might  be  wise  to
       split  the  twp  operations  into  two separate passes over the file. For example: "psf -2 | psf -upside"
       instead of "psf -2 -upside".

FILES

       /usr/local/lib/ProcSets/pagemess.proc  the ProcSet for -m
       /usr/tmp/psf..N                        temporary files used for page reversal.

SEE ALSO

       psprint(1), lpr(1), devps(1)

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