Manual: pbmtolj

Pbmtolj User Manual(1)				   General Commands Manual			      Pbmtolj User Manual(1)

NAME
       pbmtolj - convert a PBM image to HP LaserJet format

SYNOPSIS
       pbmtolj [-resolution N] [-float] [-noreset] [-packbits] [-delta] [-compress] [pbmfile] [-copies N]

       You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.

DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       pbmtolj	reads a PBM image as input and produces HP LaserJet data as output.  You can send this data to a LaserJet or
       DeskJet printer (at least some of them).

       Each pixel in the input PBM image becomes one dot in the printed output.	 Therefore, you must make sure the width and
       height of the input are appropriate for the print resolution you choose and the print area you  want.   E.g.  if	 you
       print  at  300  dpi  and want the image to print as 8 inches by 10, you must supply a PBM that is 2400 pixels wide by
       3000 pixels high.  You can adjust the size of the input with pamscale, pamstretch, pbmreduce, or pamenlarge.

       The input may be a multi-image PBM stream.  Each input image becomes a page of output.  But before Netpbm 10.28 (June
       2005), images after the first one are ignored.

       Note that there is no ljtopbm tool.

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

       -resolution
	      Specifies the resolution of the output device, in dpi.  Another way to look at this is as a declaration of the
	      resolution  of  the input image (PBM images don't have inherent resolution).  Typical values are 75, 100, 150,
	      300, and 600.  The default is 75.

       -float Suppresses positioning commands.	By default, pbmtolj places the sequence ESC & l 0 E  in	 the  output,  which
	      means to force the top margin to zero.  With -float, pbmtolj omits that command.

       -noreset
	      Prevents pbmtolj from writing the reset sequences to the beginning and end of the output file.

       -packbits
	      Enables use of TIFF packbits compression.

       -delta Enables use of delta-between-rows compression.

       -compress
	      Enables use of both TIFF packbits, and delta-between-rows compression.

       -copies
	      Specifies	 the  number  of copies. The default is 1.  This option controls the "number of copies" printer con‐
	      trol; pbmtolj generates only one copy of the image.

SEE ALSO
       pnmtopclxl(1), ppmtolj(1), pjtoppm(1), ppmtopj(1), ppmtopjxl(1), thinkjettopbm(1), pbm(1)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer and Michael Haberler.  -float and -noreset options added by Wim  Lewis.   -delta,
       -packbits, and -compress options added by Dave Platt.

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/pbmtolj.html

netpbm documentation					23 April 2005				      Pbmtolj User Manual(1)