NAME

       ppdfilt - insert printer specific code into a PS job.

SYNOPSIS

       ppdfilt  [-p|--ppd  ppdfilename  ]  [-c|--copies  num  ]  [-o|-Z|--options  option:value ]
       [-4|--4up] [-2|--2up] [-n|--nup numpages ] [-D] [-d [ Tumble | NoTumble ]] [ file ]
       ppdfilt [-V|--version]
       ppdfilt [-?|--help]

DESCRIPTION

       ppdfilt is designed to be a flexible command used  by  either  users  or  within  a  print
       filter.  ppdfilt processes a Postscript file to add commands that implement the options as
       specified in a  PPD file; it outputs then the result on standard out.  By default  ppdfilt
       will  read  a  Postscript  file  from stdin and it will fetch the ppd specified in the PPD
       environmental variable.

OPTIONS

       -? or --help
              Print out a brief help message and then exit.

       -2 or --2up
              Print at the document in such a way that every page is rotated 90 degress and  then
              shrunk  down  to  50  percent  so that two pages of information fit on one piece of
              paper.

       -4 or --4up
              Print at the document in such a way that every page is  shrunk down to  25  percent
              so that four pages of information fit on one piece of paper.

       -c or --copies
              Specify the number of copies that are printed.

       -d or --duplex [Tumble or NoTumble]
              If the printer is so equipped. Print on both sides of the piece of paper. There are
              two kinds of duplexing depending on which edge you are going to bind the  document.
              The  default  is NoTumble which is most appropriate for portrait printing where you
              are going to bind along the long edge. Tumble is  more  appropriate  when  you  are
              printing landscape and binding along the long edge.

       -D or --duplex-tumble
              If  the printer is so equipped. Print on both sides of the piece of paper such that
              if you are printing landscape and binding along  the  long  edge  or  if  your  are
              printing  portrait  and  binding  along the short edge, the pages will appear right
              side up.

       -p or --ppd ppdfilename
              Specify the ppd filename rather than use the one  specified  in  the  environmental
              variable PPD.

       -o or -Z or --option option:value
              This  argument  allows  you the flexibility to specify all the options available in
              the PPD file as well as the special non-ppd options listed below. You may  have  as
              many  "-o"  options  on  the  command  line as you like. You may have also multiple
              "option:value" pairs separated by commas in one "-o".

       -V or --version
              Print out the version number and exit.

NON PPD OPTIONS

       Most options are specified in the PPD files. However, there are  some  options  which  are
       built  into  pstops/ppdfilt  program  for  convience.  An  example of this is Nup which is
       implemented without the use of any device specific code from the PPD file. (The default is
       listed in all caps.)

       page-ranges: lower-upper
              There  is one page range that you can set. This limits the number of pages that are
              printed to the ones between the lower and upper.

       page-set: odd | even | ALL
              This allows you to specify printing either odd or even pages only.

       Collate: true | FALSE
              When printing multiple copies. Collate the copies such that all the pages from  one
              document are grouped together with the printout.

       OutputOrder: FORWARD | reverse

       number-up: 1 | 2 | 4
              The default for this option is 1. This selects if the document is printed normally,
              half size with two pages per sheet of pager, or quarter size with  four  pages  per
              sheet of paper.

       gamma: value
              Set the gamma of the print job.

       brightness: value
              Set the brightness of the print job.

REPORTING BUGS

       https://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1658

                                           22 May 2000                                 ppdfilt(1)