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

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

12       escp2topbm [printfile]
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DESCRIPTION

16       This program is part of Netpbm(1).
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18       escp2topbm  reads  an  ESC/P2 printer control stream as input.  It pro‐
19       duces a PBM image as output.
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21       escp2topbm filters the raster graphic  content  from  an  Epson  ESC/P2
22       printer  control  stream and writes the image it would print as a stan‐
23       dard (raw) PBM image.
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25       The input is from the file named by the  printfile  argument,  or  from
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29       escp2topbm understands compression modes 0 (uncompressed)  and  1  (RLE
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OPTIONS

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HINTS

38       As  escp2topbm  is a simple program, created mainly to test pbmtoescp2,
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43       ·      escp2topbm looks only at "ESC." sequences and ignores  all  data
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47       ·      escp2topbm  assumes  that  only  one  raster  graphic  is in the
48              printer stream.  If this isn't true, the result is garbage.
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51       ·      escp2topbm assumes that all "ESC."  sequences use the same width
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SEE ALSO

57       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1)
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AUTHOR

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

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