1Escp2topbm User Manual(0)                            Escp2topbm User Manual(0)
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5Created:  1  August  2003 escp2topbm - convert an ESC/P2 printer file to a PBM
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SYNOPSIS

10       escp2topbm [printfile]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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16       escp2topbm reads an ESC/P2 printer control stream as  input.   It  pro‐
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19       escp2topbm  filters  the  raster  graphic  content from an Epson ESC/P2
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23       The  input  is  from  the file named by the printfile argument, or from
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27       escp2topbm  understands  compression  modes 0 (uncompressed) and 1 (RLE
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OPTIONS

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HINTS

36       As escp2topbm is a simple program, created mainly to  test  pbmtoescp2,
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41       ·      escp2topbm  looks  only at "ESC." sequences and ignores all data
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45       ·      escp2topbm assumes that  only  one  raster  graphic  is  in  the
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49       ·      escp2topbm assumes that all "ESC."  sequences use the same width
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SEE ALSO

55       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1)
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AUTHOR

59       Copyright (C) 2003 by Ulrich Walcher (u.walcher@gmx.de).
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HISTORY

63       escp2topbm was added to Netpbm in Release 10.18 (August 2003);  it  was
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