On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Garst R. Reese wrote:
> Allan Rae wrote:
>
> > I'm open to suggestions on how to handle this. The numbers you enter
> > are fed to dvips (or whatever print command you have set). So after
> > inspecting the `info dvips` I'd say: you're screwed.
> Yup :)
> > I can't see a solution amongst the options there. The "-p NUM" flag
> > looked hopeful but it starts printing from the first page numbered
> > NUM. And the "-pp FIRST-LAST" flag is described as equivalent to "-p
> > FIRST -l LAST".
> >
> > Although it may be possible to do some trickery with a combination of
> > "-r -i -S 4 -C NUM" where NUM is the number of copies you want. If my
> > guess if correct you should get two separate files produced one of
> > which has the last four pages and will print NUM collated copies for
> > you. To do this within LyX you'll need to add the "-i -S 4" flags to
> > your Preferences->Converters->Convertors->DVI-to-PostScript setting.
> > The rest can be set in the Print dialog (-r is reverse order, -C NUM
> > is collated copies).
> I tried it with 2 copies, it printed the entire file twice. I should
> have checked the print queue to see how many files were there, but
> wasn't that swift.
> So, maybe using gv, Save Marked, and lpr is the easiest way to go.
> Thanks folks.
> Garst
What do you see if you View->PS with the above settings?
Did you print direct to the printer or to a file? If you printed
direct to the printer then yes you should have gotten both chunks of
the output. The idea was to print to a flie so the output would be
split into two sections (that's what the "-i -S 4" does) and then you
print the first section (which is the last four pages since we
reversed the file output).
Try File->Export->dvi and then run:
dvips -r -i -S 4 -C 2 -o bizzo.ps bizzo.dvi
You should see a bizzo.001 and bizzo.002 (I think based on my reading
of the info file).
gv bizzo.001
and it should just be the last four pages of the document.
Sorry I didn't make this clear the first time.
Allan. (ARRae)
