NAME

       pbmtolj - convert a PBM image to HP LaserJet format

SYNOPSIS

       pbmtolj [-resolution N] [-float] [-noreset] [-packbits] [-delta] [-compress] [pbmfile] [-copies N]

       You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix.

DESCRIPTION

       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       pbmtolj  reads a PBM image as input and produces HP LaserJet data as output.  You can send this data to a
       LaserJet or DeskJet printer (at least some of them).

       Each pixel in the input PBM image becomes one dot in the printed output.  Therefore, you must  make  sure
       the  width and height of the input are appropriate for the print resolution you choose and the print area
       you want.  E.g. if you print at 300 dpi and want the image to print as 8 inches by 10, you must supply  a
       PBM  that  is  2400 pixels wide by 3000 pixels high.  You can adjust the size of the input with pamscale,
       pamstretch, pbmreduce, or pamenlarge.

       The input may be a multi-image PBM stream.  Each input image becomes a page of output.  But before Netpbm
       10.28 (June 2005), images after the first one are ignored.

       Note that there is no ljtopbm tool.

OPTIONS

       In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably -quiet, see
        Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ ), pbmtolj recognizes the following command line options:

       -resolution
              Specifies  the  resolution  of  the  output  device,  in dpi.  Another way to look at this is as a
              declaration of the resolution of the input image (PBM  images  don't  have  inherent  resolution).
              Typical values are 75, 100, 150, 300, and 600.  The default is 75.

       -float Suppresses  positioning  commands.   By  default,  pbmtolj  places the sequence ESC & l 0 E in the
              output, which means to force the top margin to zero.  With -float, pbmtolj omits that command.

       -noreset
              Prevents pbmtolj from writing the reset sequences to the beginning and end of the output file.

       -packbits
              Enables use of TIFF packbits compression.

       -delta Enables use of delta-between-rows compression.

       -compress
              Enables use of both TIFF packbits, and delta-between-rows compression.

       -copies
              Specifies the number of copies. The default is 1.  This option controls  the  "number  of  copies"
              printer control; pbmtolj generates only one copy of the image.

SEE ALSO

       pnmtopclxl(1), ppmtolj(1), pjtoppm(1), ppmtopj(1), ppmtopjxl(1), thinkjettopbm(1), pbm(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright  (C)  1988  by  Jef  Poskanzer  and Michael Haberler.  -float and -noreset options added by Wim
       Lewis.  -delta, -packbits, and -compress options added by Dave Platt.

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/pbmtolj.html