ppdfilt
is designed to be a flexible command used by either users or
within a print filter.
ppdfilt
processes a Postscript file to add commands that implement
the options as specified in a PPD file; it outputs then the
result on standard out.
By default
ppdfilt
will read a Postscript
file from stdin and it will fetch the ppd specified in the PPD environmental
variable.
OPTIONS
-? or --help
Print out a brief help message and then exit.
-2 or --2up
Print at the document in such a way that every page is rotated 90
degress and then shrunk down to 50 percent so that two pages of
information fit on one piece of paper.
-4 or --4up
Print at the document in such a way that every page is shrunk down to
25 percent so that four pages of information fit on one piece of
paper.
-c or --copies
Specify the number of copies that are printed.
-d or --duplex [Tumble or NoTumble]
If the printer is so equipped. Print on both sides of the piece of
paper. There are two kinds of duplexing depending on which edge you
are going to bind the document. The default is NoTumble which is most
appropriate for portrait printing where you are going to bind along
the long edge. Tumble is more appropriate when you are printing
landscape and binding along the long edge.
-D or --duplex-tumble
If the printer is so equipped. Print on both sides of the piece of
paper such that if you are printing landscape and binding along the
long edge or if your are printing portrait and binding along the short
edge, the pages will appear right side up.
-p or --ppd ppdfilename
Specify the ppd filename rather than use the one specified in the
environmental variable PPD.
-o or -Z or --option option:value
This argument allows you the flexibility to specify all the options
available in the PPD file as well as the special non-ppd options
listed below. You may have as many "-o" options on the command line
as you like. You may have also multiple "option:value" pairs
separated by commas in one "-o".
-V or --version
Print out the version number and exit.
NON PPD OPTIONS
Most options are specified in the PPD files. However, there are some
options which are built into pstops/ppdfilt program for
convience. An example of this is Nup which is implemented without the
use of any device specific code from the PPD file. (The default is
listed in all caps.)
page-ranges: lower-upper
There is one page range that you can set. This limits the number of
pages that are printed to the ones between the lower and upper.
page-set: odd | even | ALL
This allows you to specify printing either odd or even pages only.
Collate: true | FALSE
When printing multiple copies. Collate the copies such that all the
pages from one document are grouped together with the printout.
OutputOrder: FORWARD | reverse
number-up: 1 | 2 | 4
The default for this option is 1. This selects if the document is
printed normally, half size with two pages per sheet of pager, or
quarter size with four pages per sheet of paper.