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NAME
pssplit - split a PostScript file into separate single-page
files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/appletalk/pssplit [ -b ] [ -o destdir ] [ -n
filename ] [ -s suffix ] [ input ]
DESCRIPTION
The program pssplit reads a PostScript print job file and
writes separate output files each containing one page of the
job, repeating the PostScript header and dictionaries in
each file. While the resulting output files will not be
EPS, many applications that accept EPS will accept them.
The output file(s) written by pssplit will each have a
pathname of the form destdir/filename.pg<num>of<pgs>suffix,
where <num> is the sequential page numbers, starting with 1,
and <pgs> is the total number of pages in the PostScript.
There is no default suffix.
OPTIONS
If the input filename is not provided, pssplit will read
from standard input. Warning: when reading from standard
input, pssplit will not be able to fill out any (atend)
values in the PostScript header, which also means it might
not know in advance how many pages will be produced (i.e.
the pgs part of the output filenames will be ``0'').
-b tells pssplit to save the last ImageableArea comment in
the input PostScript header and put its value into the
output PostScript header as a %%BoundingBox: comment.
-o supplies the directory destdir (which must start with
`/') where pssplit will write its collection of output
files. The default for destdir is the current working
directory.
-n gives the filename portion of the output file
pathnames. If there is no -n argument, the filename
defaults to the %%Title parameter in the PostScript
header. If there is also no %%Title in the header,
filename will be the same as input, unless reading from
standard input, where filename defaults to pssplit.
-s provides a suffix that is appended to each generated
output file name. Note that there is not an implied
`.' or any other separation character added before the
suffix.
CAVEATS
Programs generating the PostScript must conform to
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PSSPLIT(1) FullPress by Xinet (03 Sep 1997 8.3) PSSPLIT(1)
PostScript Document Structuring Comments conventions to be
split. Jobs that claim to conform, but in fact do not, may
not split correctly. This indicates a bug in the
application that generated the PostScript.
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