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] [-com-
press] [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 out-
put. 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 ap-
propriate 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, pam-
stretch, 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 ]8;;index.html#commonoptions\ Common Options]8;;\ ), pbmtolj recognizes the fol-
lowing 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 begin-
ning 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 com-
pression.
-copies
Specifies the number of copies. The default is 1. This option
controls the "number of copies" printer control; pbmtolj gener-
ates 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
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