pbmtoepson

   Updated: 8 August 2003
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NAME

   pbmtoepson - convert a PBM image into Epson printer graphics

SYNOPSIS

   pbmtoepson	[-dpi=n]   [-protocol={escp9|escp}]   [-adjacent]
[-noadjacent]
   [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

   This program is part of Netpbm. pbmtoepson reads a  PBM  image
as input and
   produces a stream of Epson printer graphics as output.

   The	input is from the file identified by the pbmfile argument
or, if you
   don't specify pbmfile, from Standard Input. Output is to Stan-
dard Output.

   The	output	is for traditional (ca 1991) Epson 9-wire dot ma-
trix (sometimes
   called ESC/P 9-wire) printers or newer ESC/P printers.  For	a
more modern
   Epson ESC/P2 type printer, try pbmtoescp2.

   Before  Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004), pbmtoepson could not produce
ESC/P streams
   -- only ESC/P 9-wire.

   The Epson printer protocols are described in Epson's	 protocol
specification.

   Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is
one way.

OPTIONS

   -protocol={escp9|escp}
	  This determines which Epson printer protocol the output
uses. escp9
	  is  the  older  ESC/P 9-pin protocol. escp is the newer
ESC/P protocol.
	  For  the even newer ESC/P2 protocol, you  have  to  use
pbmtoescp2
	  instead.
	  This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
   -dpi=n
	  This specifies the horizontal print density in dots per
inch. The
	  protocol allows only certain values: 60,  72,	 80,  90,
120, 144, and
	  240.	Actually, the ESC/P protocol allows a few others,
but pbmtoepson
	  doesn't know how to generate the command  streams  that
use them.
	  If  you  don't specify this, pbmtoepson chooses a hori-
zontal print
	  density for you consistent with your other options.
	  This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
   -adjacent
   -noadjacent
	  These options determine whether the output select  "ad-
jacent dot
	  printing" or not, whatever that is.
	  If  you don't specify this, pbmtoepson selects adjacent
dot printing
	  unless that is incompatible with your other options.
	  This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).



SEE ALSO

   pbmtoescp2, pbm,

AUTHOR

   Copyright  (C)  1991	  by   John   Tiller   (tiller@galois.ms-
fc.nasa.gov) and Jef
   Poskanzer.
     _________________________________________________________________



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

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. convert
2. as
3. file
4. which
5. pbmtoescp2