printer software

[Paul Schulz]

Hi Sebasitian,

On Feb 13, 2008 8:26 PM, Sebastian Spiess <sebastian.spiess at gmail.com> wrote:
> James Takac wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > Am wondering if there's some software equivalent of fineprint for ubuntu.
> > Basically it allows one to print so you can fit up to 8 pages per side of
> > paper, as booklets, etc
> >
> > James
> >
>

Not sure if this is what you're after, but try the package 'a2ps'.

Eg. something like...

a2ps --columns=4 --rows=4 <file>

although, looking through the man page.. I can see..

a2ps -=book paper.dvi.gz -d

Cheers,
Paul


> out of Evince my laser printer (HP) does support to print several pages on one. the option is on the page setup tab, there
> is a layout section where you can select pages per sheet.
>
> You could as well use a pdf printer as intermediate step...
>
> seb
>
>
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