Finishing - Paper Folding

You can output pages folded into one of a variety of forms.

You can also use an option to specify the folding direction and original orientation. With face down, the printed surface is on the outside. With face up, the printed surface is on the inside.

Format

lpr <file path>

-o CNZfolding={None | True | False}

-o CNCfolding={None | False | True [-o CNCfoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2 | pattern3 | pattern4}]}

-o CNSaddleFolding={None | False | True [-o CNSaddleFoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2}] [-o CNSaddleFoldSheetsNum=<Sheets per Set>]}

-o CNSaddleCFolding={None | False | True [-o CNSaddleCFoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2 | pattern3 | pattern4}] [-o CNSaddleFoldSheetsNum=<Sheets per Set>]}

-o CNHalfFolding={None | False | True [-o CNHalfFoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2}]}

-o CNAccordionZfolding={None | False | True [-o CNAccordionZfoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2}]}

-o CNDoubleParallelFolding={None | False | True [-o CNDoubleParallelFoldSetting={pattern1 | pattern2 | pattern3 | pattern4}]}

Options

CNZfolding

Performs Z-folding.

CNCfolding

Performs C-folding.

pattern1: Face Down + Portrait

pattern2: Face Down + Landscape

pattern3: Face Up + Portrait

pattern4: Face Up + Landscape

CNSaddleFolding

Performs saddle folding.

pattern1: Face Down + Portrait

pattern2: Face Up + Landscape

The CNSaddleFoldSheetsNum option enables you to specify the number of pages for each stack. (default: 1)

CNSaddleCFolding

Performs saddle C-folding.

pattern1: Face Down + Portrait

pattern2: Face Down + Landscape

pattern3: Face Up + Portrait

pattern4: Face Up + Landscape

CNHalfFolding

Performs bi-folding.

pattern1: Face Down + Portrait

pattern2: Face Up + Landscape

CNAccordionZfolding

Performs accordion Z-folding.

pattern1: Portrait

pattern2: Landscape

CNDoubleParallelFolding

Performs double parallel folding.

pattern1: Face Down + Portrait

pattern2: Face Down + Landscape

pattern3: Face Up + Portrait

pattern4: Face Up + Landscape

Example

To print the file "sample.txt" with the following setting:

Saddle Fold: Use

Folding Direction & Original Orientation: Face Down + Portrait

Sheets per Set: 5

$ lpr sample.txt -o CNSaddleFolding=True -o CNSaddleFoldSetting=pattern1 -o CNSaddleFoldSheetsNum=5