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 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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