NUP(1) General Commands Manual NUP(1)
NAME
nup - multiple pages per sheet with dvi2ps
SYNOPSIS
nup [ [ -p paper ] [ -2 ] [ -4 ] [ -8 ] [ -l ] [ -n ] ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the nup command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the origi-
nal command hadn't manual page.
Nup puts multiple logical pages onto each physical sheet of paper with dvi2ps. The input PostScript file should be of dvi2ps
The -p paper option is to set the paper size which is available with dvi2ps.
The -2 option is to put 2 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -4 option is to put 4 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -8 option is to put 8 logical pages on each sheet of paper.
The -l option is to surround a page with frame.
The -n option in not to shrink each logical pages.
EXAMPLES
to print 2 pages in a sheet:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -2 | lpr
to print 8 pages in a B4 paper:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -8 -p b4 | lpr
to print 4 pages in a letter size paper with frame:
dvi2ps foo.dvi | nup -4 -p letter -l | lpr
to print 2 B5 size pages in a B4 paper:
dvi2ps -o b5 foo.dvi | nup -2 -n -p b4 | lpr
SEE ALSO
dvi2ps(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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