PSSET(1)

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version 4.14 · 2 versions
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💅 PSSET(1) — the manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, welcome to the psset page — it lives in User Commands, and it's about to make your PostScript files behave. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

psset — insert page device request in PostScript files 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

psset FILE

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is: it takes your PostScript FILE and produces a version of it with a protected call to the PostScript operator setpagedevice. ✨

The classic glow-up use case? Making FILE print duplex, or pulling from the manual tray, etc. it's giving "printer whisperer", honestly. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — shows you this help and dips out 🫶
  • -v, --version — spills the version info and exits ✨
  • -q, --quiet — no informational messages, we're being mysterious today 🤫
  • -o, --output=FILE — saves the result into FILE. and if FILE is -? it goes straight to stdout, no cap 🌈
  • -n, --no-fix — don't run fixps to fix PS problems in FILE. skipping the whole repair arc 😭
  • -S, --setpagedevice=KEY[:VALUE] — passes a page device definition to the output. multiple values accumulate, so stack 'em up bestie 💅
  • -a, --at=PAGE — inserts the page device definitions at PAGE. default is PAGE=0, which stands for the Document's Setup section 📄

🎀 Shortcuts 🎀

  • -m, --manualfeed — alias for -SManualFeed:true 🍓
  • -s, --simplex — alias for -SDuplex:false 🌸
  • -d, --duplex — alias for -SDuplex:true -STumble:false, which corresponds to Duplex, binding along the long edge ✨
  • -t, --tumble — alias for -SDuplex:true -STumble:true, which corresponds to Duplex, binding along the short edge 🔥
ngl, the produced output is meant for PS level 2 printers. that's the vibe check it has to pass, fr fr. 🖨️

News, updates and documentation: go visit http://www.inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/ — it's iconic, go look 👑

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Written by Akim Demaille. 👑

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Report it to <bug-a2ps@gnu.org> — they wanna hear it, bestie, don't gatekeep 🫶

Copyright © 1998-1999 Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 😭 like, zero, none, nada.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

a2ps(1), card(1), fixps(1), pdiff(1), psset(1), texi2dvi4a2ps(1).

The full documentation for psset is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and psset programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info psset

should give you access to the complete manual. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — psset 1.3 (GNU a2ps 4.14), February 2021. periodt. 💅💖

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