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pnm2ppa(1)							    pnm2ppa(1)

NAME
       pnm2ppa - convert portable anymap (PNM) images to HP's PPA printer for‐
       mat.

SYNOPSIS
       pnm2ppa [options] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads portable anymap (PNM) format as input. Binary PNM formats	pnmraw
       = {ppmraw (color pixmap), pgmraw (graymap), and pbmraw (black-and-white
       bitmap)} are strongly preferred.	 Output stream	can  be	 locally  pro‐
       cessed  by  Hewlett-Packard's  Printing	Performance Architecture (PPA)
       printers (HP DeskJet 710C, 712C, 720C, 722C, 820C, and 1000C series).

       (PNM format output can be produced from	PostScript(tm)	input  by  the
       GhostScript output devices "pbmraw", "pgmraw" or "ppmraw",  or by "pnm‐
       raw", which will choose one of these  formats as	 appropriate  for  the
       document.)   pnm2ppa  assumes the input resolution is 600dpi (or 300dpi
       if the command-line option --dpi300 is  used):  input  at  higher/lower
       resolutions  will  result  in  a correspondingly larger/smaller printed
       image, provided it is within the printer's allowed size range.

OPTIONS
       -b bottommargin
	      Sets the bottom margin bottommargin in  units  of	 1/600	inches
	      (e.g.,  -b 150 corresponds to 0.25").

       -B blackness
	      Sets  the	 black	ink  density  blackness	 in  drops  per	 pixel
	      (0,1,2,3,4).

       --bi   Force bidirectional print sweeps.

       --bw   Disables the color cartridge; will print	in  grey  scale	 using
	      only the black cartridge.

       -d     Displays the current configuration.

       --dpi300
	      Treat input resolution as 300dpi instead of 600dpi.

       --eco  Econofast	 mode:	lower  print  quality that is faster and saves
	      ink.

       -f configFile
	      Re-reads configuration from configFile (after initially  reading
	      it from /etc/pnm2ppa.conf).

       -F GammaFile
	      Overrides	 reading the color-correction table (Gamma curve) from
	      the default file /etc/pnm2ppa.gamma, and uses GammaFile instead.

       --fd   Enable fast ordered dithering instead of using the  slower,  but
	      beautiful,  Floyd-Steinberg  dithering.  (Has  no effect in --bw
	      mode.)

       -g     Prints a page of color intensity samples	(for  comparison  with
	      gamma.ppm	 data  produced	 by calibrate_ppa).  This is part of a
	      color-correction procedure; see COLOR.txt for more details.

       -h, --help
	      Displays program usage.

       -i infile
	      Input file infile is either a path to a  PPM  file,  or  '-'  to
	      indicate stdin  (defaults to stdin).

       -l leftmargin
	      Sets  the left margin leftmargin in units of 1/600 inches (e.g.,
	      -l 150 corresponds to 0.25").

       --noGamma
	      Switches off any color-correction.

       -o outfile | -
	      Output file outfile is either a path to a file or device, or '-'
	      to indicate stdout (defaults to stdout).

       -p     Disables	the  black ink cartridge; i.e.,	 print	using only the
	      color ink cartridge, even for printing "black".  This  might  be
	      useful for printing high-quality color  images.

       -r rightmargin
	      Sets  the	 right	margin	rightmargin  in	 units of 1/600 inches
	      (e.g., -r 150 corresponds to 0.25").

       -s papersize
	      Sets the default paper size (now used only for  color-correction
	      output  produced	by the -g option).  In normal use, pnm2ppa now
	      instead reads the paper dimensions from pnm input file  headers,
	      and  checks  that	 it is a valid papersize for the given printer
	      model.  Possible values for papersize are a4 (A4), letter or  us
	      (US  Letter, 8.5"x11"), legal (US Legal, 8.5"x14").  The default
	      is US Letter.

       -t topmargin
	      Sets the top margin topmargin in units of 1/600  inches  (ie  -t
	      150 corresponds to 0.25").

       --uni  Force  unidirectional  (left  to right) print sweeps.  Useful if
	      "shearing" is a problem for high quality color images.

       -v printertype
	      Selects the printer model.  Possible values of printertype  are:
	      710, 712, 720, 722, 820 and 1000.	 The default is the HP DeskJet
	      7X0 Series (710, 712, 720, 722).

       --verbose
	      Displays the program's System Log messages on the standard  out‐
	      put, as well.

       --version
	      Displays the program's version information.

       -x xoffset
	      Sets  the	 x-offset xoffset from the left of the page. Units are
	      1/600 inches.

       -y yoffset
	      Sets the y-offset yoffset from the top of the  page.  Units  are
	      1/600 inches.

NOTES
       The  default  configuration  file  /etc/pnm2ppa.conf  is read in first.
       Command line arguments then modify the resulting definitions.

       The -v option resets all definitions (margins, offsets, etc.)  back  to
       the  inbuilt defaults for that printer and should be used before subse‐
       quent -b, -l, -r, -t, -x and -y arguments.

SEE ALSO
       pnm(5), ppm(5), pbm(5)

FILES
       /etc/pnm2ppa.conf
	      Default configuration file.

       /etc/pnm2ppa.gamma
	      Default Gamma (color-correction) file.

AUTHOR
       This code is licensed under the	GNU  Public  License  version  2.  See
       LICENSE for details.

       (c) 1998-1999  Tim Norman

       (c) 1999	 Giorgio Marzano

       (c) 1999	 Andrew van der Stock

       (c) 1998-2002  Various authors for many, many fixes

HISTORY
       This  program  was originally pbm2ppa, written by Tim Norman. It origi‐
       nally supported black and white output on the 820  series.   Tim	 added
       nascent	color  support	in  early  1999.  In May 1999, Giorgio Marzano
       started making real headway in getting color support working  properly.
       Andrew  van der Stock has maintained the code since September 1999, and
       made it available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pnm2ppa.

BUGS
       Faint horizontal lines marking boundaries between print sweeps  may  be
       visible.	  You  may  get	 better results when printing images, with the
       options:
	 -p --uni  (this may no longer apply since recent code improvements).

				  23 Jun 2002			    pnm2ppa(1)
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