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royce@splunge.uucp (Royce Howland) writes:

>royce@splunge.uucp (Royce Howland) writes:

>>Does anybody know of a NeXT-friendly print filter that can be used to
>>convert single page 1-up (one page per piece of physical paper) to 2-up
>>or 4-up sort of output (i.e. multiple pages per piece of physical paper)?
>>I've got such a thing that handles TeX dvi files, but nothing for PS
>>output.

>>I'm using NS 2.1, with a DeskJet 500 and the DeskJet 2.03 ('dj') driver
>>compilation available on sonata, so would like a filter that can handle
>>that setup.  Any pointers would be appreciated.  Respond by mail and I'll
>>summarize any results.  Thanks.

>After sending out the above query, I received three responses.  Thanks
>to each responder.  I secured each program referred to, and attempted
>to print portions of the NeXT Sybase documentation through a version
>of the ptroff script, modified to pipe output through each multi-page
>filter in turn.  Details below:

>[... details deleted ...]

After posting the above summary, I got a further response from Scott
Hess and Scott Anguish, both of whom kindly sent over source to a set
of PS utilities called psutils.  The source apparently is on sonata,
also.

I have not yet tried the filters out (there are 5 or so that do various
things, rather than a single filter that does it all), but both Scotts
staked their lives and reputations on the quality and reliability of
the programs.  :~)  Well, no, it wasn't really like that.  Anyway,
the set appears at least as comprehensive as psmulti, referred to in
my first summary.

Just wanted to update the summary.  Thanks again to Scott and Scott.
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