Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Package name : upprint Version : 1.5 Upstream Author : Peter Selinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) URL : http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~selinger/upprint/ License : GPL / psutils licence Programming Lang: C
The upprint package contains tools for better formatting of print jobs. Unlike print systems such as CUPS, which delegate all formatting to the print server, the upprint tools are designed to work on the user side, and therefore under the user's control. The package provides the following tools: pstops-clip: an extension of Angus J. C. Duggan's pstops program for reformatting postscript files. The extension allows configurable page clipping. psdim: a small utility to be used in conjunction with pstops or pstops-clip. It determines the true margins of a postscript documents and calculates the optimal page placement for n-up printing. It outputs a format string suitable for processing by pstops or pstops-clip. In order to accurately determine the size of the pages in a postscript document, psdim internally uses the ghostscript interpreter to render the document. For this reason, psdim is relatively slow, but much more accurate than other tools. lprwrap: a wrapper around the standard "lpr" program. Lprwrap is a client-side program, which means, all processing is done under your control before passing the print job to lpr. Lprwrap can convert common file formats to postscript. It recognizes special options for duplex printing and n-up printing. It handles n-up printing intelligently, with optimal margins based on the actual document (see above illustration). I have packaged an initial version and am looking for a sponsor the preliminary packages are accessible here: http://loevborg.karmafish.net/debian/upprint/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
