Pbmtoepsi User Manual(1) General Commands Manual Pbmtoepsi User Manual(1)
NAME
pbmtoepsi - convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style pre-
view bitmap
SYNOPSIS
pbmtoepsi [-dpi=N[xN]] [-bbonly] [pbmfile]
All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix. You may
use two hyphens instead of one. You may separate an option name and its
value with white space instead of an equals sign.
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
Reads a PBM image as input. Produces an encapsulated Postscript style
bitmap as output. The output is not a stand alone postscript file, it
is only a preview bitmap, which can be included in an encapsulated Post-
Script file.
pbmtoepsi assumes the PBM input describes a whole output page, with one
pixel on the page corresponding to one PBM pixel. It detects white bor-
ders in the image and generates Postscript output that contains a Bound-
ing Box statement to describe the location of the principal image (the
image excluding the white borders) on the page and thus does not include
the borders in the raster part of the Postscript output.
There is no epsitopbm tool - this transformation is one way.
OPTIONS
In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm
(most notably -quiet, see ]8;;index.html#commonoptions\ Common Options]8;;\ ), pbmtoepsi recognizes the
following command line options:
-dpi=N[xN]
This option specifies the resolution in dots per inch of the
ultimate output device. You must specify this because the
Bounding Box statement defines the bounding box in absolute
distances, not in pixels. pbmtoepsi assumes in
calculating the bounding box that each PBM pixel will become
one
dot on the output device, and applies your dpi
specification to calculate the size and location on the page
of
the bounding box.
If you specify NxN, the first number is the
horizontal resolution and the second number is the vertical
resolution. If you specify just a single number N, that is
the
resolution in both directions.
The default is 72 dots per inch in both directions.
This option was new In Netpbm 10.3 (June 2002). Before that,
pbmtoepsi always assumed 72 dots per inch in both direc-
tions.
-bbonly
Only create a boundary box, don't fill it with the image.
SEE ALSO
pbm(1), pnmtops(1), pstopnm(1), psidtopgm(1), pbmtolps(1),
Postscript language documentation
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1988 Jef Poskanzer, modified by Doug Crabill 1992
DOCUMENT SOURCE
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