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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.3//EN">
<html><head><title>Pbmtoepson User Manual</title></head>
<body>
<h1>pbmtoepson</h1>
Updated: 08 August 2003
<br>
<a href="#index">Table Of Contents</a>
<h2>NAME</h2>
pbmtoepson - convert a PBM image into Epson printer graphics
<h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<b>pbmtoepson</b>
[<b>-dpi=</b><i>n</i>]
[<b>-protocol=</b>{<b>escp9</b>|<b>escp</b>}]
[<b>-adjacent</b>]
[<b>-nonadjacent</b>]
[<i>pbmfile</i>]
<h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<b>pbmtoepson</b> reads a PBM image as input and produces a stream of
Epson printer graphics as output.
<p>The input is from the file identified by the <i>pbmfile</i> argument
or, if you don't specify <i>pbmfile</i>, from Standard Input. Output is
to Standard Output.
<p>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 <b>pbmtoescp2</b>.
<p>Before Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004), <b>pbmtoepson</b> could not produce
ESC/P streams -- only ESC/P 9-wire.
<p>The Epson printer protocols are described in Epson's protocol
specification.
<p>Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is one way.
<h2 id="options">OPTIONS</h2>
<p>In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm
(most notably <b>-quiet</b>, see <a href="index.html#commonoptions">
Common Options</a>), <b>pbmtoepson</b> recognizes the following
command line options:
<dl compact>
<dt><b>-protocol=</b>{<b>escp9</b>|<b>escp</b>}
<dd>This determines which Epson printer protocol the output uses.
<b>escp9</b> is the older ESC/P 9-pin protocol. <b>escp</b> is the
newer ESC/P protocol. For the even newer <b>ESC/P2</b> protocol, you
have to use <b>pbmtoescp2</b> instead.
<p>This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
</dd>
<dt><b>-dpi=</b><i>n</i>
<dd>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 <b>pbmtoepson</b>
doesn't know how to generate the command streams that use them.
<p>If you don't specify this, <b>pbmtoepson</b> chooses a horizontal
print density for you consistent with your other options.
<p>This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
<dt><b>-adjacent</b>
<dt><b>-nonadjacent</b>
<dd>These options determine whether the output uses "adjacent dot
printing" or not, whatever that is.
<p>If you don't specify this, <b>pbmtoepson</b> selects adjacent dot
printing unless that is incompatible with your other options.
<p>This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).
</dl>
<h2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</h2>
<a href="pbmtoescp2.html">pbmtoescp2</a>,
<a href="pbm.html">pbm</a>,
<h2 id="author">AUTHOR</h2>
Copyright (C) 1991 by John Tiller (<a
href="mailto:tiller@galois.msfc.nasa.gov">tiller@galois.msfc.nasa.gov</a>)
and Jef Poskanzer.
<hr>
<h2 id="index">Table Of Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a>
<li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a>
<li><a href="#options">OPTIONS</a>
<li><a href="#seealso">SEE ALSO</a>
<li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a>
</ul>
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