NAME

       pbmtoepson - convert a PBM image into Epson printer graphics

SYNOPSIS

       pbmtoepson

       [-dpi=n] [-protocol={escp9|escp}] [-adjacent] [-nonadjacent]

       [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       pbmtoepson reads a PBM image as input and produces a stream of Epson printer graphics as output.

       The  input  is  from  the  file identified by the pbmfile argument or, if you don't specify pbmfile, from
       Standard Input.  Output is to Standard Output.

       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 pbmtoescp2.

       Before Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004), pbmtoepson could not produce ESC/P streams -- only ESC/P 9-wire.

       The Epson printer protocols are described in Epson's protocol specification.

       Note that there is no epsontopbm tool - this transformation is one way.

OPTIONS

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

       -protocol={escp9|escp}
              This determines which Epson printer protocol the output uses.  escp9  is  the  older  ESC/P  9-pin
              protocol.   escp is the newer ESC/P protocol.  For the even newer ESC/P2 protocol, you have to use
              pbmtoescp2 instead.

              This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

       -dpi=n 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
              pbmtoepson doesn't know how to generate the command streams that use them.

              If you don't specify this, pbmtoepson chooses a horizontal print density for you  consistent  with
              your other options.

              This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

       -adjacent

       -nonadjacent
              These options determine whether the output uses "adjacent dot printing" or not, whatever that is.

              If  you  don't  specify this, pbmtoepson selects adjacent dot printing unless that is incompatible
              with your other options.

              This option was new in Netpbm 10.23 (July 2004).

SEE ALSO

       pbmtoescp2(1), pbm(1),

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1991 by John Tiller (tiller@galois.msfc.nasa.gov) and Jef Poskanzer.

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/pbmtoepson.html

netpbm documentation                             08 August 2003                        Pbmtoepson User Manual(1)