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NAME
       ppmtomitsu - convert a PPM image to a Mitsubishi S340-10 file


SYNOPSIS
       ppmtomitsu

       [-sharpness val]

       [-enlarge val]

       [-media string]

       [-copy val]

       [-dpi300]

       [-tiny]

       [ppmfile]


DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       ppmtomitsu reads a PPM image as input and converts it into a format suitable to be printed by
       a Mitsubishi S340-10 printer, or any other Mitsubishi color sublimation printer.

       The  Mitsubishi  S340-10  Color Sublimation printer can print in 24 bit color.  Images of the
       available sizes take so long to transfer that there is a fast method, employing a lookup  ta‐
       ble,  that  ppmtomitsu  uses  if  there are no more than 256 colors in the image.  ppmtomitsu
       tries to position your image at the center of the paper, and will rotate your image  for  you
       if  xsize  is  larger  than ysize.  If your image is larger than the media allows, ppmtomitsu
       fails. (We decided that the media were too expensive to  have  careless  users  produce  mis‐
       prints).   Once data transmission has started, the job can't be stopped in a sane way without
       resetting the printer.  The printer understands putting together images in the printer's mem‐
       ory; ppmtomitsu doesn't use this function because pamcat etc provide the same  functions  and
       let  you  view  the  result  on-screen,  too.   The  S340-10 is the lowest common denominator
       printer; for higher resolution printers there is the dpi300 option. The  other  printers  are
       also capable of higher values for enlarge, etc., but I don't think that is valuable enough to
       warrant a change in the program.

       For proper results, the input maxval must be 255.  Use pamdepth to ensure that it is.

       Before  Netpbm  10.40  (September 2007), all Netpbm PPM programs, including ppmtomitsu, see a
       PBM image as having maxval 1, so ppmtomitsu does not function properly with PBM  input.   You
       can use ppmtoppm together with pamdepth to turn your PBM input into maxval 255 PPM input that
       ppmtomitsu will use properly.


OPTIONS
       In  addition  to  the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably -quiet,
       see  Common Options ), ppmtomitsu recognizes the following command line options:



       -sharpness 1-4
              "sharpness" designation.  Default is  to use the current sharpness.


       -enlarge 1-3
              Enlarge by a factor; Default is 1 (no enlarge)


       -media {A|A4|AS|A4S}
              Designate the media you're using.  Default is 1184 x 1350, which will fit on  any  me‐
              dia.   A  is 1216 x 1350, A4 is 1184 x 1452, AS is 1216 x 1650 and A4S is 1184 x 1754.
              A warning: If you specify a different  media  than  the  printer  currently  has,  the
              printer will wait until you put in the correct media or switch it off.


       -copy 1-9
              The number of copies to produce.  Default is 1.


       -dpi300
              Double  the  number  of allowed pixels for a S3600-30 Printer in S340-10 compatibility
              mode.  (The S3600-30 has 300 dpi).


       -tiny  Memory-saving, but always slow. The printer will get the data line-by-line  in  24bit.
              It's probably a good idea to use this if your machine starts paging a lot without this
              option.




REFERENCES
       Mitsubishi  Sublimation  Full Color Printer S340-10 Specifications of Parallel Interface LSP-
       F0232F


SEE ALSO
       pnmquant(1), pamscale(1), ppm(1)


AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1992,  93  by  S.Petra  Zeidler,  MPIfR  Bonn,  Germany.   (spz AT specklec.mpifr-
       bonn.mpg.de)

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/ppmtomitsu.html

netpbm documentation                        24 March 2009                  Ppmtomitsu User Manual(1)