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2 !!!pbmpage
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 SEE ALSO
7 AUTHOR
8 ----
9 !!NAME
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12 pbmpage - create a one page test pattern for printing
13 !!SYNOPSIS
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16 __pbmpage__ [[__-a4__] ''test_pattern''
17 !!DESCRIPTION
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20 __pbmpage__ generates a one page test pattern to print on
21 a sheet of paper, for use in calibrating a printer. The test
22 pattern in is PBM format.
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25 __pbmpage__ produces an image intended for 600 dots per
26 inch printer resolution.
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29 If you are printing on an HP PPA printer, you can convert
30 the output of this program to a stream that you can feed to
31 the printer with __pbmtoppa__.
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34 Bear in mind that when you print the test pattern, you are
35 testing not only the printer, but any converter or driver
36 software along the printing path. Any one of these
37 components may adjust margins, crop the image, erase edges,
38 and such.
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41 If, due to addition of margins, the printer refuses to print
42 the image because it is too big, use __pnmcut__ to cut
43 the right and bottom edges off the test pattern until it is
44 small enough to print.
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47 ''test_pattern'' is the number of the test pattern to
48 generate, as follows. The default is __1__.
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51 __1__
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54 A grid ruled in numbers of pixels. The outermost rules are
55 exactly at the edges of the paper.
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58 __2__
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61 A vertical line segment, one pixel wide, extending 1/2
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64 __3__
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67 Two diagonal line segments, one starting at the upper left
68 corner of the page, the other starting from the lower left
69 corner of the page. Both extend 1/2
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72 __-a4__
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75 Generate an image for A4 (European) paper. Without this
76 option, __pbmpage__ generates an image for US standard
77 paper (8 1/2__
78 !!SEE ALSO
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81 pbmtoppa(1), pnmcut(1),
82 pbm(5)
83 !!AUTHOR
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86 Tim Norman. Copyright (C) 1998. Licensed under GNU Public
87 License
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90 Manual page by Bryan Henderson, May 2000.
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