PSUtils-p17

Introduction to PSUtils

PSUtils is a set of utilities to manipulate PostScript files.

Package information

Installation of PSUtils

Install PSUtils by running the following commands:

cat Makefile.unix | sed -e 's/\/usr\/local/\/usr/g' > Makefile &&
make &&
make install

Installation command explanations

cat ... | sed ...: This command creates a Makefile that installs the program to the /usr prefix instead of the /usr/local prefix.

Contents

The PSUtils package contains psbook, psselect, pstops psnup, psresize, epsffit, getafm, showchar, fixdlsrps, fixfmps, fixmacps, fixpsditps , fixpspps, fixscribeps, fixtpps, fixwfwps, fixwpps, fixwwps, extractres, includeres and psmerge.

Sometimes psnup and other utilities from this package produce PostScript files that don't conform to Adobe's DSC standard. CUPS may print them incorrectly. On the other hand, CUPS has builtin replacements for most commands from this package. For example, to print a document 2-up, you will issue this command:

lp -o number-up=2 [filename]

Description

psbook

psbook rearranges pages into signatures.

psselect

psselect selects pages and page ranges.

pstops

pstops performs general page rearrangements and selection.

psnup

psnup puts multiple pages per physical sheet of paper.

psresize

psresize alters the document paper size.

epsffit

epsffit fits an EPSF file to a given bounding box.

scripts

The remaining commands are scripts that perform specific functions described in their respective man pages.