NAME¶
ppdfilt - insert printer specific code into a PS job.
SYNOPSIS¶
ppdfilt [-p|--ppd ppdfilename
] [-c|--copies num
]
[-o|-Z|--options option:value
] [-4|--4up] [-2|--2up] [-n|--nup
numpages
] [-D] [-d [ Tumble
| NoTumble
]] [ file
]
ppdfilt [-V|--version]
ppdfilt [-?|--help]
DESCRIPTION¶
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.
- gamma: value
- Set the gamma of the print job.
- brightness: value
- Set the brightness of the print job.
REPORTING BUGS¶
https://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1658