pbmpage

   Updated: 01 May 2000
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NAME

   pbmpage - create a one page test pattern for printing

SYNOPSIS

   pbmpage [-a4] test_pattern

DESCRIPTION

   This program is part of Netpbm.

   pbmpage  generates a one page test pattern to print on a sheet
of paper, for
   use in calibrating a printer. The test pattern in is PBM  for-
mat.

   pbmpage  produces  an  image	 intended  for	600 dots per inch
printer resolution.

   If you are printing on an HP PPA printer, you can convert  the
output of this
   program to a stream that you can feed to the printer with pbm-
toppa.

   Bear in mind that when you print the	 test  pattern,	 you  are
testing not only
   the	printer,  but  any converter or driver software along the
printing path.
   Any one of these components may adjust margins, crop	 the  im-
age, erase edges,
   and such.

   If,	due  to addition of margins, the printer refuses to print
the image
   because it is too big, use pamcut to cut the right and  bottom
edges off the
   test pattern until it is small enough to print.

   test_pattern is the number of the test pattern to generate, as
follows. The
   default is 1.
   1
	  A black on white grid ruled in  numbers  of  pixels.	A
black one pixel
	  box is at the very edges of the paper.
	  Before  Netpbm  10.18	 (August 2003), the perimeter box
was not there.
   2
	  A vertical line segment, one pixel wide, extending 1/2"
up from the
	  exact center of the page.
   3
	  Two  diagonal	 line segments, one starting at the upper
left corner of
	  the page, the other starting from the lower left corner
of the page.
	  Both	extend	1/2"  toward the center of the page at 45
degrees.



OPTIONS

   -a4
	  Generate an image for A4 (European) paper. Without this
option,
	  pbmpage  generates  an  image	 for US standard paper (8
1/2" wide x 11"
	  high).



SEE ALSO

   pbmtoppa, pamcut, pbm

AUTHOR

   Tim Norman. Copyright (C) 1998. Licensed under GNU Public  Li-
cense

   Manual  page	 by Bryan Henderson, May 2000. Contributed to the
public domain
   by its author.
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Table Of Contents

     * NAME
     * SYNOPSIS
     * DESCRIPTION
     * OPTIONS
     * SEE ALSO
     * AUTHOR

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. test
2. convert
3. pamcut
4. cut
5. at
6. pbmtoppa