PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 12                                    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 specifi-
     cations 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 parame-
     ter 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 omit-
     ted.

     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 specif-
     ier, 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 alterna-
     tive, to set the paper size to a3, a4, a5, b5, letter, legal, or 10x14.
     The default paper size is @PAPER@.

     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 speci-
     fied 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
     Angus Duggan

   SEE ALSO
     @MAN@

   TRADEMARKS
     PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

   BUGS
     Pstops does not accept all DSC comments.