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Chuck Swiger wrote:

> Acrobat, maybe?
> 
> /usr/ports/print/acrobatviewer

Hm, when I try and start it I get:

%AcrobatViewer
expr: illegal option -- r
usage: expr [-e] expression
%



> Alternatively, if you convert the PDF file to PostScript, (GNU) enscript 
> ought to have an "N-up" filter which can deal with A3 -> A4 conversions 
> and so forth:
> 
> /usr/ports/print/enscript-a4

AFAIK enscript starts from text, not from a PostScript page...
Besides, if the N-up filter you say is options -U, it just put more 
pages into one, which is the opposite of what I want to do.

Maybe I didn't get it right. How should I use it?



  bye & Thanks
	av.