Printing PS files

[jmcq]

When printing PS files, is there any way to fit more than one written page onto a printed page? For example tiling 4 pages onto one.

 

[tgreer]

Yes, you would use the /BeginPage and /EndPage arguments to setpagedevice.

Here's a sample of how to do 2-up. Yes, sorry, you do need to know PostScript programming to build this and/or modify it.

<< /BeginPage
{ 612 0 translate 90 rotate
18 18 translate
.618 dup scale
2 mod 1 eq
{ 612 0 translate } if
[ 0 0 612 792 ] dup
rectstroke rectclip
} bind

/EndPage
{ 0 ne
{ false }
{ 2 mod 1 eq }
ifelse
} bind
>> setpagedevice

 

[doody73]

The best way I find is by getting hold of ghostview: files gs704w32.exe and gsv43w.exe on

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html

when you've installed them, you can display you ps file. Install a HP laserjet printer (with postscript) such as &quot;HP laserjet 4/4m postscript&quot; and set it to print to file.

Then while displaying you first ps file on ghostview you can select the HP printer to print to file which allows you to produce 2-up or 4-up printing and then display the new ps file on ghostview and print a hard copy.