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NAME

6       pbmpage - create a one page test pattern for printing
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SYNOPSIS

10       pbmpage [-a4] test_pattern
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DESCRIPTION

14       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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16       pbmpage generates a one page test pattern to print on a sheet of paper,
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19       pbmpage produces an image intended for 600 dots per inch printer  reso‐
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22       If you are printing on an HP PPA printer, you can convert the output of
23       this program to a stream that you can feed to  the  printer  with  pbm‐
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26       Bear  in mind that when you print the test pattern, you are testing not
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28       ing  path.   Any  one  of these components may adjust margins, crop the
29       image, erase edges, and such.
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31       If, because of addition of margins, the printer refuses  to  print  the
32       image  because  it  is  too big, use pamcut to cut the right and bottom
33       edges off the test pattern until it is small enough to print.
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35       test_pattern  is the number of the test pattern to  generate,  as  fol‐
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40       1      A  black  on white grid ruled in numbers of pixels.  A black one
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43              Before Netpbm 10.18 (August 2003), the  perimeter  box  was  not
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47       2      A  vertical line segment, one pixel wide, extending 1/2" up from
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50       3      Two diagonal line segments, one starting at the upper left  cor‐
51              ner  of  the page, the other starting from the lower left corner
52              of the page.  Both extend 1/2" toward the center of the page  at
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OPTIONS

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

66       pbmtoppa(1), pamcut(1), pbm(1)
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AUTHOR

70       Tim Norman.  Copyright (C) 1998.  Licensed under GNU Public License
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72       Manual  page  by  Bryan Henderson, May 2000.  Contributed to the public
73       domain by its author.
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DOCUMENT SOURCE

76       This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman'  from  HTML
77       source.  The master documentation is at
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79              http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmpage.html
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