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 ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ ), 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