scaling pdf file for a poster

[John King]

> On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:16 AM, John King wrote:
> >> Use the "fitplot" option or (in CUPS 1.4 and later) the new =3D
> >> "fit-to-page" option to tell the PDF filter to scale to fit.
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> > Thanks for the suggestion. However, I've tried both:
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> > lp -d lexmark -o PageSize=3DCustom.420x594cm -o fitplot=3Dtrue =
> poster1-100.pdf
> > and
> > lp -d lexmark -o PageSize=3DCustom.420x594cm -o fit-to-page=3Dtrue =
> poster1-100.pdf
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> > 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.
>
> What Linux distribution/OS are you using?
>
> What version of CUPS?
>

I've tried from both:
Opensuse 11.2
Cups 1.3.11

and
Ubuntu 10.04
Cups 1.4.3

In both cases the above commands printed a single sheet of A4.

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> > John
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> >> On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:50 AM, John King wrote:
> >>=20
> >>> =3D20
> >>> I use the following to scale an image so that my lexmark c532 prints =
> 4 =3D
> >> pages of A4 which can be stuck together to produce an A3 poster
> >>> =3D20
> >>> $ lp -d lexmark -o scaling=3D3D200 -o sides=3D3Done-sided filename
> >>> =3D20
> >>> I'd like to do the same with a pdf file of an A4 page, but this does =
> =3D
> >> not seem to work.  There is no error message, but the resulting =
> printout =3D
> >> is a single A4 sheet with no scaling applied.
> >>> =3D20
> >>> I see from the lp man pages that the scaling section specifically =3D
> >> refers to image files.  Is there any way of applying the same =
> procedure =3D
> >> to pdfs?
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