Manual: pbmtoepson

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NAME
       pbmtoepson - convert a PBM image into Epson printer graphics

SYNOPSIS
       pbmtoepson

       [-dpi=n] [-protocol={escp9|escp}] [-adjacent] [-nonadjacent]

       [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       pbmtoepson reads a PBM image as input and produces a stream of Epson printer graphics as output.

       The  input is from the file identified by the pbmfile argument or, if you don't specify pbmfile, from Standard Input.
       Output is to Standard Output.

       The output is for traditional (ca 1991) Epson 9-wire dot matrix (sometimes called ESC/P	9-wire)	 printers  or  newer
       ESC/P printers.	For a more modern Epson ESC/P2 type printer, try pbmtoescp2.

       Before Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004), pbmtoepson could not produce ESC/P streams -- only ESC/P 9-wire.

       The Epson printer protocols are described in Epson's protocol specification.

       Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is one way.

OPTIONS
       In  addition  to	 the  options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably -quiet, see  Common Options ),
       pbmtoepson recognizes the following command line options:

       -protocol={escp9|escp}
	      This determines which Epson printer protocol the output uses.  escp9 is the older ESC/P 9-pin protocol.	escp
	      is the newer ESC/P protocol.  For the even newer ESC/P2 protocol, you have to use pbmtoescp2 instead.

	      This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

       -dpi=n This  specifies  the  horizontal print density in dots per inch.	The protocol allows only certain values: 60,
	      72, 80, 90, 120, 144, and 240.  Actually, the ESC/P protocol allows a few others, but pbmtoepson doesn't	know
	      how to generate the command streams that use them.

	      If  you  don't  specify this, pbmtoepson chooses a horizontal print density for you consistent with your other
	      options.

	      This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

       -adjacent

       -nonadjacent
	      These options determine whether the output uses "adjacent dot printing" or not, whatever that is.

	      If you don't specify this, pbmtoepson selects adjacent dot printing unless  that	is  incompatible  with	your
	      other options.

	      This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

SEE ALSO
       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1),

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

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

	      http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoepson.html

netpbm documentation				       08 August 2003				   Pbmtoepson User Manual(1)