I'd like to print some html page (with graphics) in two columns for
not wasting much of paper. After a google search and some tries with
Open Office suit I have not seen any solution for that. If anyone has
had a success in that, please, give a hint.

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On Sep 5, 6:29 pm, B.Yanchit...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'd like to print some html page (with graphics) in two columns for
> not wasting much of paper. After a google search and some tries with
> Open Office suit I have not seen any solution for that. If anyone has
> had a success in that, please, give a hint.
>
> ---
> Bogdan

Oops, sorry for talking to myself. There is a way for that
(Firefox)-> Print to post script file->( ps2pdf)->(acroread)->Print-
>Page Scaling=Multiple pages per sheet.

B.Yanchitsky@gmail.com wrote:

>> Open Office suit I have not seen any solution for that. If anyone has
>> had a success in that, please, give a hint.

> Oops, sorry for talking to myself. There is a way for that
> (Firefox)-> Print to post script file->( ps2pdf)->(acroread)->Print-
>> Page Scaling=Multiple pages per sheet.

Use a2ps. Just replace the command lpr with 'a2ps -x' where x is the
number of pages per sheet.

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Giovanni
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Giovanni <lsodgf0@home.net.it> wrote:
> Use a2ps. Just replace the command lpr with 'a2ps -x' where x is the
> number of pages per sheet.

That only works for TEXT data, not with graphics in it.
The data normally is converted to PostScript already by Firefox itself,
and you can then use the "psnup -p <paper-size> -2" command to try to
put that output "2 on a page of that size" (paper-size defaults to A4).

See also the man page for psnup. Note that it will not work with all
possible PS files, as it has to restructure the output.
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B.Yanchitsky@gmail.com wrote:
> B.Yanchit...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'd like to print some html page (with graphics) in two columns
>> for not wasting much of paper. After a google search and some
>> tries with Open Office suit I have not seen any solution for that.
>> If anyone has had a success in that, please, give a hint.
>
> Oops, sorry for talking to myself. There is a way for that
> (Firefox)-> Print to post script file->( ps2pdf)->(acroread)->Print
> ->Page Scaling=Multiple pages per sheet.

Keep it simple. Try the pr command, using --columns=NN

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On Sep 6, 1:27 pm, Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hart...@math.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> The data normally is converted to PostScript already by Firefox itself,
> and you can then use the "psnup -p <paper-size> -2" command to try to
> put that output "2 on a page of that size" (paper-size defaults to A4).
>

Nice, very nice, thanks. My fault was a search for multiple columns,
but not for multiple pages.
And what an abbreviation is this psnup, ;-)
man psnup

PSNUP(1)
PSNUP(1)

NAME
psnup - multiple pages per sheet

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:26:04 -0400, CBFalconer wrote:

> Keep it simple. Try the pr command, using --columns=NN

Try fixing your non-Netiquette-compliant signature block, you friggin
blowhard doofus. How many times does it have to be pointed out before you
fix it?

> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U)

Bugger off, win-droid.


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Eef Hartman wrote:
> Giovanni <lsodgf0@home.net.it> wrote:
>> Use a2ps. Just replace the command lpr with 'a2ps -x' where x is the
>> number of pages per sheet.
>
> That only works for TEXT data, not with graphics in it.
> The data normally is converted to PostScript already by Firefox itself,
> and you can then use the "psnup -p <paper-size> -2" command to try to
> put that output "2 on a page of that size" (paper-size defaults to A4).
>
> See also the man page for psnup. Note that it will not work with all
> possible PS files, as it has to restructure the output.

It works for every content in the page because it is not really a
multiple columns but multiple pages per sheet.

I did not have many experiences with a2ps but it works with the
postscript produced by mozilla and firefox.

Ciao
Giovanni
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:29:14 -0700
B.Yanchitsky@gmail.com wrote:

> Oops, sorry for talking to myself. There is a way for that
> (Firefox)-> Print to post script file->( ps2pdf)->(acroread)->Print-
> >Page Scaling=Multiple pages per sheet.

Perhaps, an easier way will be:

(Firefox)-> Print to post script file -> ps2ps

For example, if firefox.ps was created for A4 paper,
the second command may look like this:

pstops "2:0L@.7(21cm,5mm)+1L@.7(21cm,145mm)" firefox.ps twocolumn.ps

twocolumn.ps will be a PS file with two pages put on one side of paper.
(`two up').

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B.Yanchitsky@gmail.com wrote:

> On Sep 5, 6:29 pm, B.Yanchit...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I'd like to print some html page (with graphics) in two columns for
>> not wasting much of paper. After a google search and some tries with
>> Open Office suit I have not seen any solution for that. If anyone has
>> had a success in that, please, give a hint.
>>
>> ---
>> Bogdan
>
> Oops, sorry for talking to myself. There is a way for that
> (Firefox)-> Print to post script file->( ps2pdf)->(acroread)->Print-
>>Page Scaling=Multiple pages per sheet.

If you have kde installed and like the kprinter interface that kde programs
use, you can configure firefox to use that. kprinter has the option of
1,2,or 4 pages per sheet.
(Firefox)-> Print to post script file->(kprinter)


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