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.TH PSBOOK "1" "December 2021" "psbook 2.08" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
psbook - rearrange pages in a PostScript document into signatures
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B psbook
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] [\fI\,INFILE \/\fR[\fI\,OUTFILE\/\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Rearrange pages in a PostScript document into signatures.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signature\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
number of pages per signature;
0 = all pages in one signature [default];
1 = one page per signature;
otherwise, a multiple of 4
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
don't show page numbers being output
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit
.PP
.B psbook
uses
.B pstops
to rearrange pages from a PostScript document into \[oq]signatures\[cq] for
printing books or booklets, creating a new PostScript file.
The signature size is the number of sides which will be folded and bound
together; the number given should be a multiple of four.
Extra blank sides will be added if the file does not contain a multiple of
four pages.
.SS "Exit status:"
.TP
0
if OK,
.TP
1
if arguments or options are incorrect, or there is some other problem
starting up,
.TP
2
if there is some problem during processing, typically an error reading or
writing an input or output file.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Angus J. C. Duggan and Reuben Thomas.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co Reuben Thomas 2016\-2021.
Released under the GPL version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
.SH TRADEMARKS
.B PostScript
is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR psutils (1),
.BR paper (1)