1Pbmtoepson User Manual(0)                            Pbmtoepson User Manual(0)
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NAME

6       pbmtoepson - convert a PBM image into Epson printer graphics
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SYNOPSIS

10       pbmtoepson
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DESCRIPTION

18       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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20       pbmtoepson  reads  a  PBM image as input and produces a stream of Epson
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23       The input is from the file identified by the pbmfile  argument  or,  if
24       you  don't specify pbmfile, from Standard Input.  Output is to Standard
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27       The output is for traditional (ca 1991) Epson 9-wire dot matrix  (some‐
28       times  called  ESC/P  9-wire)  printers or newer ESC/P printers.  For a
29       more modern Epson ESC/P2 type printer, try pbmtoescp2.
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31       Before Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004), pbmtoepson  could  not  produce  ESC/P
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34       The  Epson printer protocols are described in Epson's protocol specifi‐
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37       Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is one way.
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OPTIONS

41       In addition to the options common to all programs  based  on  libnetpbm
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43        Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ ), pbmtoepson recognizes the
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50              This determines which Epson printer protocol  the  output  uses.
51              escp9  is  the  older  ESC/P  9-pin protocol.  escp is the newer
52              ESC/P protocol.  For the even newer ESC/P2 protocol, you have to
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55              This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
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59       -dpi=n This  specifies  the  horizontal print density in dots per inch.
60              The protocol allows only certain values: 60, 72,  80,  90,  120,
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62              but pbmtoepson doesn't know how to generate the command  streams
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65              If you don't specify this, pbmtoepson chooses a horizontal print
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74              These options determine whether the output  uses  "adjacent  dot
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77              If  you  don't  specify  this,  pbmtoepson  selects adjacent dot
78              printing unless that is incompatible with your other options.
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SEE ALSO

86       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1),
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AUTHOR

90       Copyright (C) 1991 by John Tiller (tiller@galois.msfc.nasa.gov) and Jef
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DOCUMENT SOURCE

94       This  manual  page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML
95       source.  The master documentation is at
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