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

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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
35        Epson's                     protocol                     specification
36       ⟨http://www.epson.co.uk/support/manuals/pdf/ESCP/Part_1.pdf⟩ .
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38       Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is one way.
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OPTIONS

42       -protocol={escp9|escp}
43              This determines which Epson printer protocol  the  output  uses.
44              escp9  is  the  older  ESC/P  9-pin protocol.  escp is the newer
45              ESC/P protocol.  For the even newer ESC/P2 protocol, you have to
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52       -dpi=n This  specifies  the  horizontal print density in dots per inch.
53              The protocol allows only certain values: 60, 72,  80,  90,  120,
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67              These options determine whether the output select 'adjacent  dot
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70              If  you  don't  specify  this,  pbmtoepson  selects adjacent dot
71              printing unless that is incompatible with your other options.
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SEE ALSO

80       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1),
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AUTHOR

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