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9.5.1 Invoking 'psmandup'
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     psmandup [OPTIONS] [FILE]

produce a manual duplex version of the PostScript FILE (or of the
standard input if no FILE is given, or if FILE is '-').  Once the first
half is printed, put the sheet stack in the manual feed tray for the
second half(1).

   Be aware that there is a time out for manually fed jobs, usually
short, hence do not miss the moment when the printer asks for the stack.
If ever you missed that moment, see option '--back' to recover the
second half.

   Supported options are:

 -- Option: -h
 -- Option: --help
     print a short help message and exit successfully.

 -- Option: -V
 -- Option: --version
     report the version and exit successfully.

 -- Option: -q
 -- Option: --quiet
 -- Option: --silent
     Run silently.

 -- Option: -D
 -- Option: --debug
     enter in debug mode.

 -- Option: -o FILE
 -- Option: --output=FILE
     specify the FILE in which is saved the output.

 -- Option: -n
 -- Option: --no-fix
     'psmandup' will fail on ill designed PostScript (well, actually the
     psutils will).  To avoid this, by default the PostScript file is
     sanitized by 'fixps'.

     When given this option, don't run 'fixps'.  This is meant to be
     used when 'fixps' has already been used higher in the processing
     chain.

 -- Option: -f
 -- Option: --front
     Output only the front pages, with no special PostScript feature
     request.

 -- Option: -b
 -- Option: --back
     Output only the back pages, with a manual feed request.

     This option is especially useful when the manual feed time out
     expired before you could insert back the stack in the manual feed
     tray.

   'psmandup' assumes the printer is Level 2, and supports manual
feeding.  The FILE should be reasonably sane, otherwise 'psmandup' fails
miserably.

   Typical use is
     psmandup file.ps | lp

or can be put into a2ps' printer commands (Note: Your Printers).

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Many people seem to ignore that you can insert *several* sheets
in the manual feed tray.  Try at least once, it will save you from hours
spent feeding page per page by hand!