NAME¶
ppmtopj - convert a portable pixmap to an HP PaintJet file
SYNOPSIS¶
ppmtopj [-gamma
val] [
-xpos val] [
-ypos
val] [
-back dark|
lite] [
-rle]
[
-center] [
-render
none|snap|bw|dither|diffuse|monodither|monodiffuse|clusterdither|monoclusterdither]
[
ppmfile]
DESCRIPTION¶
Reads a portable pixmap as input and converts it into a format suitable to be
printed by an HP PaintJet printer.
For best results, the input file should be in 8-color RGB form; i.e. it should
have only the 8 binary combinations of full-on and full-off primaries. You
could get this by sending the input file through
ppmquant -map with a
map file such as:
P3
8 1
255
0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 255
255 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 255 255 255 255
Or else you could use use
ppmdither -red 2 -green 2 -blue 2.
OPTIONS¶
- -rle
- Run length encode the image. (This can result in larger images)
- -back
- Enhance the foreground by indicating if the background is light or dark
compated to the foreground.
- -render alg
- Use an internal rendering algorithm (default dither).
- -gamma int
- Gamma correct the image using the integet parameter as a gamma (default
0).
- -center
- Center the image to an 8.5 by 11 page
- -xpos pos
- Move by pos pixels in the x direction.
- -ypos pos
- Move by pos pixels in the y direction.
REFERENCES¶
HP PaintJet XL Color Graphics Printer User's Guide
SEE ALSO¶
pnmdepth(1),
ppmquant(1),
ppmdither(1),
ppm(5)
BUGS¶
Most of the options have not been tested because of the price of the paper.
AUTHOR¶
Copyright (C) 1991 by Christos Zoulas.
