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| author | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2019-08-24 22:42:49 +0000 |
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| committer | giraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8> | 2019-08-24 22:42:49 +0000 |
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diff --git a/pbmtolps.html b/pbmtolps.html index 8640ae3b..e3d6bef7 100644 --- a/pbmtolps.html +++ b/pbmtolps.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <BODY> <H1>pbmtolps</H1> -Updated: 12 March 2017 +Updated: 06 July 2019 <BR> <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> @@ -13,25 +13,42 @@ pbmtolps - convert PBM image to PostScript <H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2> <b>pbmtolps</b> -[<b>-dpi</b> <i>n</i>] +[<b>-dpi</b>=<i>n</i>] [<i>pbmfile</i>] +<P>Minimum unique abbreviation of option is acceptable. You may use +double hyphens instead of single hyphen to denote options. You may use +white space in place of the equals sign to separate an option name +from its value. + + <H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2> <p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>. -<p><b>pbmtolps</b> reads a PBM image as input and outputs PostScript. -The output Postscript uses lines instead of the image operator to -generate a (device dependent) picture which will be imaged much -faster. +<p><b>pbmtolps</b> reads a PBM image as input and outputs PostScript. The +output Postscript uses lines instead of the image operator to generate a +(device dependent) picture which will be imaged much faster. <p><b>pnmtops</b> is a more general program for converting from the Netpbm formats to Postscript, though it cannot produce the particular arcane subformat that <b>pbmtolps</b> does. -<P>The Postscript path length is constrained to be less that 1000 -points so that no limits are overrun on the Apple Laserwriter and -(presumably) no other printers. +<p>One pixel of the input image corresponds to one printed pixel +("dot"). For this to work, you must use a <b>-dpi</b> option to +tell <b>pmtolps</b> the resolution of the target printer, in dots per inch. + +<P>The Postscript program <b>pbmtolps</b> generates draws paths of less than +1000 segments so as not to overrun limits on the Apple Laserwriter and +possibly other printers. + +<h2 id="options">Options</h2> + +<dl> +<dt><b>-dpi=</b><i>n</i> +<dd>The resolution of the target printer, in dots per inch. +</dl> + <H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2> |