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NAME
psf - POSTSCRIPT filter
SYNOPSIS
psf
[-p]
[-olist]
[-#N]
[-r]
[-mmessage]
[-land]
[-upside]
[-2]
[-securityN[,message]]
[-c]
[-inputtrayN]
[-outputtrayN]
[-ips_ignore]
[-ips_fit]
[-ips_error]
[-noreport]
[-sort[N]]
[-duplex]
[-noduplex]
[-tumble]
[-selectstring]
[-courierold]
[-nondsc]
[--]
[file] ...
DESCRIPTION
Psf
can be used to change the behavior of a POSTSCRIPT program.
It uses the Adobe structuring conventions to perform
operations like page selection, changing the page order, rotate pages,
print multiple copies, use the printers secondary paper input,
and the printing of a message across each page.
The concatenated input files are assumed to form one POSTSCRIPT program
conforming to the PS-Adobe-2.0 structuring conventions.
The output conforms to the same conventions.
The
-p
option can be used to convert input files from text to POSTSCRIPT
before any further processing takes place.
In all options with a variable part expressed by italics, except the
-sort
option,
that variable part need not be part of
the option argument, but can be the next argument.
For example:
`psf -#1'
and
`psf -# 1'
have the same effect.
OPTIONS
- -p
-
This option is an exception in that the input files are treated
as printable text and sent to
psprint(1)
before any further processing takes place.
- -olist
-
Select the pages mentioned in the
list,
which has the same format as is used in
troff(1)
utilities.
List
is a comma separated list of page numbers
(N)
and ranges
(N1-N2).
The initial or trailing number of a range can be left unspecified.
Neither the pages in the POSTSCRIPT input, nor in the
list
need to be ordered.
Example:
-o-4,9,11-13,15-
will cause the pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 of a 16 page
document to be present in the output.
- -#N
-
Causes
N
copies of each page to be printed.
- -r
-
Reverse the page order.
- -mmessage
-
Print the
message
diagonally across each page in point size 54 outline helvetica bold.
- -land
-
Print each page in landscape mode. I.e. rotated 90 degrees.
- -upside
-
Print each page upside down. Assumes upright A4.
- -2
-
Each page produced by the options and input files described above is
reduced by a factor sr
½.
Each pair of consecutive pages is then printed side by side
on a single page.
- -securityN[,message]
-
This option uses an Océ specific PostScript operator that can be
used allow printing of a document only if the printer receives
security code
N
at its console.
If this code is not entered within 30 seconds the document will
not be printed.
N
must be a number in the range 0 .. 99999999.
The optional
message
will be displayed on the Océ console while it is waiting
for the code to be entered.
The default message is the user's login name.
- -c
-
Use the secondary paperfeed mechanism.
This means manualfeed on some machines and cassette on others.
- -inputtrayN
-
Causes the input to be taken from inputtray
N.
The default input tray of most printers is set up by the system
administrators.
The
-m
may set the inputtray on some printers.
- -outputtrayN
-
Causes the output to be placed in outputtray
N.
Most printers have output tray 0 as their default.
- -ips_ignore
-
Causes the printer to ignore any request for unavailable page
sizes.
The printer or printer manager might warn when this feature is used.
The results of using both this option and the
-inputtray
option are undefined.
This option can only be used on printers with PostScript Level 2.
- -ips_fit
-
Causes the printer to ignore any request for unavailable page
sizes and scale the page images such that they fit on
the printed pages.
The page images from the input are centered on the printed pages.
The printer or printer manager might warn when this feature is used.
The results of using both this option and the
-inputtray
option are undefined.
This option can only be used on printers with PostScript Level 2.
- -ips_error
-
Causes the printer to produce an error for unavailable page
sizes and stop processing the rest of the job.
This option can only be used on printers with PostScript Level 2.
- -noreport
-
Disables warning for unusual medium requests, like unavailable
page sizes.
Can be used in combination with the
ips
options above to avoid warning messages from the printer.
This option can only be used on printers with PostScript Level 2.
- -sort[N]
-
This option is useful when multiple copies of one document are produced.
On printers with this capability it places each copy in a separate
output bin.
The start output bin is the bin indicated by the
-outputtray
option.
The default start output bin is 2.
N
indicates the maximum number of copies produced.
The default is the number of copies indicated by the
-#
option.
Blank space is not allowed between
-sort
and
N.
- -duplex
-
Causes the output to be printed in duplex mode.
The default binding is as if the resultant pages are to be
bound together with their leftmost edge.
This is under the assumption that the input consist of PostScript
in the default orientation.
The
-tumble
option can be used for alternative binding.
- -noduplex
-
Some printers have duplex mode as their default. This option
makes these printers produce a single page on each sheet of paper.
- -tumble
-
This option is only useful with the
-duplex
option.
It causes the `backside` pages to be flipped relative to the front
side pages.
- -selectstring
-
The
string
is placed in the PostScript input.
If the
statusdict
dictionary exists in the PostScript interpreter, it will be present
on top of the dictionary stack during the execution of
string.
- -courierold
-
A special feature that triggers use of Old Courier fonts on the Océ
9145.
It has no effect on other printers.
- -nondsc
-
Assume that the input does not obey the Structure Conventions
and try to make the most of it.
This is useful for output of packages like WordPerfect that
do not produce proper POSTSCRIPT.
- --
-
Indicates end of options. All following arguments are considered to be input
file names.
BUGS
Some options do not cooperate well when given on one command line.
In that case it might be wise to split the twp operations into two
separate passes over the file. For example: "psf -2 | psf -upside" instead
of "psf -2 -upside".
FILES
/usr/local/lib/ProcSets/pagemess.proc the ProcSet for
-m
/usr/tmp/psf..N temporary files used for page reversal.
SEE ALSO
psprint(1), lpr(1), devps(1)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
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- BUGS
-
- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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