printig pdf documents

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Thu Jul 22 18:59:37 UTC 2004


On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Aaron Gaudio wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 13:30 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, adel.essafi at laposte.net wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > hi list
> > > my pb is very simple: who can I print pdf document? I want to print 2 pages
> > > per paper.
> > > thanks
> >
> > Maybe
> >
> > 	pdf2ps file.pdf | mpage -2 | lpr
>
> lp file.pdf works for me; I believe the default print filters know what
> to do with pdf files.

I interpreted the OP as asking for 2-up output.  I think you need the
filter for that (unless there is a "-o" option for lp that will portably
do 2-up).  mpage can also put nice decorations on the page, like borders,
filename, date, etc.

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		Matthew Saltzman

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