4x Page printing

[Tim Sheets]

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>>Scott Baker wrote:
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>>>My windows HP drivers allow me to take whatever page is printed and mux
>>>it so it prints 4 pages on page of paper.  This is pretty handy for
>>>printing out long text files.  4x pages per page double sided really
>>>saves a lot of paper.  Is this possible with CUPS?  Any way I can
>>>conserve some paper?
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>>Don't know whether CUPS can do it automatically, but you can send the
>>Postscript file first through mpage.  Use
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>>  mpage -4 FILE | lpr
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another option is lp -o number-up=4 -o prittyprint <filename>

I haven't ever used mpage, so it may be nicer, but the above works. 
There are several other options you may be interested in.  take a look 
at the lp man page.

have fun!