PSTOPS(1)               FreeBSD General Commands Manual              PSTOPS(1)

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][@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, and U rotate the page left, right, or upside-down.  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 performed in that order regardless
       of which order they appear on the command line.

       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 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),
       fixmacps(1), fixpsditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1),
       fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1)

TRADEMARKS
       PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS
       Pstops does not accept all DSC comments.

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