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| -rwxr-xr-x | pdftool.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ on your screen. =item B<--ps> By default, B<PDFTool> outputs a PDF document; use this flag if -you want a PostScript instead e.g., to pipe the output into C<lpr> (not -possible with a PDF since reading requires random access to the data). +you want a PostScript instead. Note that due to a L<known limitation|http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Issues.htm#Known_Limitations> of C<gs> with the C<pswrite> device, the PostScript output might not be suitable for uses other than printing. @@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ The following comand can be used to remotely crop a PDF file, convert it to A4 paper, and rearrange the pages to locally print a (PostScript) booklet with custom margins: -C<< ssh remote pdftool.pl -cpA4 --book -2 -b2cm -m-1cm --ps --auto-rotate < in.pdf | +C<< ssh remote pdftool.pl -cpA4 --book -2 -b2cm -m-1cm --auto-rotate < in.pdf | lpr -o Duplex=DumplexTumble >> =head1 REQUIREMENTS @@ -533,6 +532,7 @@ sub pdftops { # Convert to PS # TODO: use gs & pswrite the day it'll handle fonts properly + # (the flag `-origpagesizes' seems not to be portable) my @cmd = ('pdftops', '-origpagesizes', $infile, '-'); push @cmd, '-f', $first if defined $first; push @cmd, '-l', $last if defined $last; |