scaling pdf file for a poster

[John King]

> Use the "fitplot" option or (in CUPS 1.4 and later) the new =
> "fit-to-page" option to tell the PDF filter to scale to fit.

Thanks for the suggestion. However, I've tried both:

lp -d lexmark -o PageSize=Custom.420x594cm -o fitplot=true poster1-100.pdf
and
lp -d lexmark -o PageSize=Custom.420x594cm -o fit-to-page=true poster1-100.pdf

and also setting the PageSize to A2, but in neither case did the pdf scale up to print over 4 pages on my A4 printer.
I also tried the same commands with a png graphic, and that didn't scale up either.
I must be going wrong somewhere with the commands and would appreciate some guidance.

John

> On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:50 AM, John King wrote:
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> >=20
> > I use the following to scale an image so that my lexmark c532 prints 4 =
> pages of A4 which can be stuck together to produce an A3 poster
> >=20
> > $ lp -d lexmark -o scaling=3D200 -o sides=3Done-sided filename
> >=20
> > I'd like to do the same with a pdf file of an A4 page, but this does =
> not seem to work.  There is no error message, but the resulting printout =
> is a single A4 sheet with no scaling applied.
> >=20
> > I see from the lp man pages that the scaling section specifically =
> refers to image files.  Is there any way of applying the same procedure =
> to pdfs?
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