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  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 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)