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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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