How can I print pdf file duplex and 4 pages per page to a postscript
printer?
I've tried a2ps, which prints ascii files, duplex, 4 pages per page, but
only prints pdf files simplex 4 pages per page.
by Douglas Ritsche » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 01:19:16
I've tried a2ps, which prints ascii files, duplex, 4 pages per page, but
only prints pdf files simplex 4 pages per page.
by zeljk » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 02:16:05
> I've tried a2ps, which prints ascii files, duplex, 4 pages per page, but
> only prints pdf files simplex 4 pages per page.
by Grant Edwar » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 03:22:05
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ajcd/psutils/
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by Victor Wagn » Sun, 31 Mar 2002 05:47:21
1. Use acrobat reader (better, but too interactive) or ghostscript,
or pdftops (from xpdf)
to convert PDF file into Postscript
2. Use psutils to make it 4-up
3. Use psset to make it duplex
4. Use shell to combine these steps into one simple command.
Hmm... I was quite surprised finding out, that acroread has batch mode
to convert files to postscript. And it even doesn't need DISPLAY,
so it is actually possible to hide acroread inside print filters.
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1. PDF, HP, PCL and multiple pages per output page...
Greets to all in linux land,
I have the following problem:
I have a bunch of multiple page pdfs I want to print but they have been
set so as not to allow them to be converted to .ps files so I can't dump
them to a ps printer.
I have ghostscript 5.10 which works fine with my epson stylus colour 400
but I want to print the files on a better HP printer somewhere else
(have to transport the files by disk). The HP printer is a lasetjet6MP
which is a ps printer, but as i said they can't be made into ps.
Since the HP is also a 6PCL printer I am trying to use ghostscript with the
ljet4 driver to convert them to the printers native format.
So far so good.
Problem is I want to have four pages printed per page of output.
I have been hunting to find how to do this and have found references for
RedHat (I have slackware 3.2 + bodge) but I really want to dump the output
to files, not to the printer queue (though I can probably get them from there
if understand how things work properly)
Any info on how to do this from the command line would be greatly appreciated.
To sum it up: how do I convert multiple page PDFs into 4 pages per page native
HP PCL6 files to dump to an HP PCL6 printer.
Thanks for any help,
Nick
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