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Pbmtolj User Manual(1)                 General Commands Manual                Pbmtolj User Manual(1)

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 ), 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 out‐
              put 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

netpbm documentation                        23 April 2005                     Pbmtolj User Manual(1)