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ppmtosixel(1)							 ppmtosixel(1)

NAME
       ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format

SYNOPSIS
       ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a	 portable  pixmap  as input.  Produces sixel commands (SIX) as
       output.	The output is formatted for color printing,  e.g.  for	a  DEC
       LJ250 color inkjet printer.

       If  RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values
       are rescaled.  A printer control header and a  color  assignment	 table
       begin  the  SIX	file.  Image data is written in a compressed format by
       default.	 A printer control footer ends the image file.

OPTIONS
       -raw   If specified, each pixel will be	explicitly  described  in  the
	      image  file.   If	 -raw is not specified, output will default to
	      compressed  format  in  which  identical	adjacent  pixels   are
	      replaced	by  "repeat  pixel"  commands.	A raw file is often an
	      order of magnitude larger than a compressed file and prints much
	      slower.

       -margin
	      If -margin is not specified, the image will be start at the left
	      margin (of the window, paper, or whatever).  If -margin is spec‐
	      ified, a 1.5 inch left margin will offset the image.

PRINTING
       Generally,  sixel files must reach the printer unfiltered.  Use the lpr
       -x option or cat filename > /dev/tty0?.

BUGS
       Upon rescaling, truncation of the least significant bits of RGB	values
       may  result  in	poor color conversion.	If the original PPM maxval was
       greater than 100, rescaling also reduces the image  depth.   While  the
       actual  RGB  values  from  the  ppm file are more or less retained, the
       color palette of the LJ250 may not match the  colors  on	 your  screen.
       This seems to be a printer limitation.

SEE ALSO
       ppm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1991 by Rick Vinci.

				 26 April 1991			 ppmtosixel(1)
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