pnm2ppa
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (5 Feb 2000)
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NAME
pbm2ppa - convert portable bitmap (PBM) to HP's Printing Performance Architecture (PPA) file format
SYNOPSIS
pbm2ppa [options] [ <
infile] > [ <
outfile]> ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Reads portable bitmap (PBM) format as input. Outputs a stream suitable for
processing by Hewlett-Packard's range of Printing Performance Architecture
(PPA) printers.
pnm2ppa supports the HP 710c, 712c, 720c, 722c, 820c, and 1000c
series printers.
(Portable bitmap (PBM) format output can be produced from PostScript(tm) input
by the GhostScript driver "pbmraw".)
OPTIONS
- \fIinfile
-
Input file infile is either a path to a file or device, or '-' to indicate stdin (defaults to stdin)
- \fIoutfile
-
Output file outfile is either a path to a file or device, or '-' to indicate stdout (defaults to stdout)
- -b bottommargin
-
Sets the bottom margin bottommargin in units of 1/600 inches (e.g., -b 150 = 0.25")
- -d
-
Displays the current configuration
- -f configfile
-
Overrides reading the configuration from /etc/pnm2ppa.conf, and uses
configfile instead.
- -h
-
Displays program usage
- -l leftmargin
-
Sets the left margin leftmargin in units of 1/600 inches (e.g., -l 150 = 0.25")
- -r rightmargin
-
Sets the right margin rightmargin in units of 1/600 inches (e.g., -r 150 = 0.25")
- -s papersize
-
Sets the paper size. Possible values for papersize are a4 (A4),
letter or us (US Letter, 8.5"x11"), and legal (US Legal,
8.5"x14").
The default is US Letter.
- -t topmargin
-
Sets the top margin topmargin in units of 1/600 inches (ie -t 150 = 0.25")
- -v printertype
-
Selects the printer model. Possible values of printertype are:
710, 712, 720, 722, 820 and 1000.
The default is the HP DeskJet 7X0 Series (710, 712, 720, 722).
- -x xoffset
-
Sets the x-offset xoffset from the left of the page. Units are 1/600 inches
- -y yoffset
-
Sets the y-offset yoffset from the top of the page. Units are 1/600 inches
NOTES
The configuration file is read in first. Command line arguments then modify the resulting definitions.
The -x and -y options accumulate. The -v option resets all definitions back to
an inbuilt default for that printer and should be used before subsequent -b -l -r, -t, -x, and -y arguments.
SEE ALSO
pbm(5)
FILES
- /etc/pbm2ppa.conf
-
Default configuration file
AUTHOR
This code is licensed under the GNU Public License version 2. See
LICENSE for details.
(c) 1998 Tim Norman
HISTORY
This program was written by Tim Norman. It originally
supported black and white output on the 820 series. This program is
almost obsolete; its successor pnm2ppa will support color printing.
BUGS
This is a stable driver, but does not support color printing.