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                      2: .TH CROPMARKS 1 "DWB 3.2"
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: .B cropmarks
                      5: \- add cropmarks to PostScript files
                      6: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      7: \*(mBcropmarks\f1
                      8: .OP "" options []
                      9: .OP "" files []
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .B Cropmarks
                     12: surrounds PostScript
                     13: .I files
                     14: with code that centers each page and adds cropmarks to the four
                     15: corners.
                     16: The results are written on the standard output.
                     17: If no
                     18: .I files
                     19: are specified, or if
                     20: .OP \-
                     21: is one of the input
                     22: .I files,
                     23: the standard input is read.
                     24: The following
                     25: .I options
                     26: are understood:
                     27: .TP 1.0i
                     28: .OP \-d
                     29: Disable the device-dependent PostScript code that expands page sizes.
                     30: .TP 1.0i
                     31: .OP \-h num
                     32: Set the height of each page to
                     33: .I num
                     34: inches.
                     35: The default is 11.0 inches.
                     36: .TP 1.0i
                     37: .OP \-s
                     38: Scale pages so cropmarks always show up.
                     39: Primarily for debugging and development on devices that don't adjust
                     40: page sizes.
                     41: .TP 1.0i
                     42: .OP \-w num
                     43: Set the width of each page to
                     44: .I num
                     45: inches.
                     46: The default is 8.5 inches.
                     47: .TP 1.0i
                     48: .OP \-L file
                     49: Use
                     50: .I file
                     51: as the PostScript prologue.
                     52: .br
                     53: The default is
                     54: .MR \*(dQ/cropmarks.ps .
                     55: .PP
                     56: Height and width set with the
                     57: .OP \-h
                     58: and
                     59: .OP \-w
                     60: options adjust the size of the image area available on each sheet
                     61: of paper.
                     62: Neither suggests anything about the orientation of output in that area.
                     63: Cropmarks are printed at each corner just outside the image area.
                     64: .SH EXAMPLES
                     65: .PP
                     66: Print text in a 6.5\(mu8.0-inch area centered on each sheet of paper:
                     67: .EX
                     68: troff -mm \f2file\fP | dpost | cropmarks -w6.5 -h8.0 | \f2spool
                     69: .EE
                     70: Print landscape text in exactly the same 6.5\(mu8.0-inch area:
                     71: .EX
                     72: troff -mm \f2file\fP | dpost -pland | cropmarks -w6.5 -h8.0 | \f2spool
                     73: .EE
                     74: In both examples,
                     75: .I spool
                     76: is the spooling command used to send PostScript output to a local printer.
                     77: .SH WARNINGS
                     78: .PP
                     79: Device-dependent PostScript code to automatically expand page sizes may
                     80: only work on Linotronic 200P typesetters that use 12-inch-wide paper.
                     81: Local changes to the printer-dependent code can be made in the
                     82: .MW expandpagesize
                     83: procedure defined in
                     84: .MR \*(dQ/cropmarks.ps .
                     85: .PP
                     86: The PostScript
                     87: .I files
                     88: must be reasonably well behaved.
                     89: There are no guarantees, particularly if the input
                     90: .I files
                     91: redefine the
                     92: .MW showpage
                     93: operator.
                     94: .PP
                     95: The program is unsupported and may not be included in future releases.
                     96: .SH FILES
                     97: .MW \*(dQ/cropmarks.ps
                     98: .SH SEE ALSO
                     99: .BR dpost (1),
                    100: .BRpostio (1),
                    101: .BR troff (1)

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