ppmtopj

ppmtopj

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS REFERENCES SEE ALSO BUGS AUTHOR

NAME

ppmtopj - convert a portable pixmap to an HP !PaintJet file

SYNOPSIS

ppmtopj [-gamma ''val'' [__-xpos__ ''val'' [__-ypos__ ''val'' [__-back dark__ [__-rle__ [__-center__ [unrenderable node] [''ppmfile''

DESCRIPTION

Reads a portable pixmap as input and converts it into a format suitable to be printed by an HP !PaintJet printer.

For best results, the input file should be in 8-color RGB form; i.e. it should have only the 8 binary combinations of full-on and full-off primaries. You could get this by sending the input file through ppmquant -map with a

map file such as

P3

8 1 255 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255 255 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 255 255 255 255 Or else you could use use ppmdither -red 2 -green 2 -blue 2.

OPTIONS

-rle Run length encode the image. (This can result in larger images)

-back Enhance the foreground by indicating if the background is light or dark compated to the foreground.

-render alg

Use an internal rendering algorithm (default dither).

-gamma int

Gamma correct the image using the integet parameter as a gamma (default 0).

-center

Center the image to an 8.5 by 11 page

-xpos pos

Move by pos pixels in the x direction.

-ypos pos

Move by pos pixels in the y direction.

REFERENCES

HP !PaintJet XL Color Graphics Printer User's Guide

SEE ALSO

pnmdepth(1), ppmquant(1), ppmdither(1), ppm(5)

BUGS

Most of the options have not been tested because of the price of the paper.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1991 by Christos Zoulas.