1Escp2topbm User Manual(0)                            Escp2topbm User Manual(0)
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NAME

6       escp2topbm - convert an ESC/P2 printer file to a PBM image
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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

32       none
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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
46              printer stream.  If this isn't true, the result is garbage.
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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
64       created around the same time.
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