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NAME
pnmtopclxl - convert a PNM image to an HP LaserJet PCL XL printer
stream
SYNOPSIS
pnmtopclxl [-dpi N] [-xoffs N] [-yoffs N] [-center] [-duplex {verti-
cal|horizontal}] [-format paperformat] [-feeder N] [-copies N] [-col-
orok] [-rendergray] [-jobsetup=filename] pnmfile1 pnmfile2 ...
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
pnmtopclxl reads one or more PNM input streams, each containing one or
more PNM images, and generates a sequence of output pages in the HP
PCL-XL (formerly named PCL 6) printer control language. You can send
this stream to a PCL-XL printer to print the images.
If the input is PPM, the output is a color printer stream (the PCL
color space is RGB). Otherwise, the output is grayscale (the PCL color
space is grayscale). If you want a grayscale output from a color
input, run your input through ppmtopgm(1).Seethe -colorok option for
more information about choosing between color and grayscale.
The output goes to Standard Output. All of the pages go to one file,
concatenated in the same order as the input images.
OPTIONS
-dpi N This option selects the resolution of the image (not the
printer!). N is the resolution in dots per inch, from 1 to
65535. The default is 300.
-xoffs N
This option and -yoffs determine the location on the page of the
upper left corner of each image. Note that the image may have
built in borders tool, which would make the main image within
more left and down that what you specify here.
-xoffs and -yoffs specify the distance from the left of the page
and from the top of the page, respectively, in inches, of the
upper left corner of the image. The default for each is zero.
These options are meaningless if you specify -center.
-yoffs N
See -xoffs.
-center
This option tells pnmtopclxl to center each image on the page.
If you don’t specify this option, the position of an image on
the page is determined by -xoffs and -yoffs (or their defaults).
-duplex {vertical|horizontal}
This option causes pnmtopclxl to create a printer stream that
prints pages on boths sides of the sheet of paper. vertical
means to print them so that the left edge of both pages is on
the same edge of the sheet, while horizontal means the more
usual duplexing where the top of both pages is on the same edge
of the sheet.
-format paperformat
This option selects the media (e.g. paper size) that the printer
control stream specifies. paperformat is one of the following
self-explanatory keywords:
· letter
· legal
· a3
· a4
· a5
· a6
· jb4
· jb5
· jb6
· exec
· ledger
· b5envelope
· c5envelope
· com10envelope
· monarchenvelope
· dlenvelope
· jpostcard
· jdoublepostcard
The default is "letter".
-feeder N
This options selects the media source (e.g. paper tray) that the
printer control stream specifies.
-copies N
This option specifies the number of copies that the printer con-
trol stream tells the printer to print.
-colorok
This option simply tells pnmtopclxl not to warn you if you sup-
ply a color input and therefore get color output. By default,
pnmtopclxl issues a warning any time it produces a color printer
stream because it is usually a mistake. It’s a mistake because
PCL XL is mainly used for laser printers, and laser printers are
mainly black and white. If you send a color print stream to a
black and white printer, it typically refuses to print anything,
and even if it manages to convert it to black and white and
print it, it takes 3 times as long to transmit a color stream to
the printer than to transmit the grayscale image that gives the
same result.
-rendergray
This option causes pnmtopclxl to include in the output stream a
command to set the RENDERMODE environment variable to GRAYSCALE,
which typically causes the printer to print in grayscale regard-
less of the colors in the input, and may cause it to run much
faster even if the image is grayscale anyway.
This option was new in Netpbm 10.29 (August 2005).
-jobsetup=filename
This option causes pnmtopclxl to include arbitary job setup PJL
commands at the beginning of the output stream. It reads them
from the named file.
pnmtopclxl does not inspect these commands in any way, but it
does expect them to be job setup commands. If you have garbage
in your file, you will hear from the printer.
This option was new in Netpbm 10.29 (August 2005).
SEE ALSO
ppmtolj(1), pbmtolj(1), ppmtopj(1), ppmtopjxl(1), thinkjettopbm(1),
ppm(1)
HISTORY
pnmtopclxl was added to Netpbm in Release 10.6 (July 2002). It was
contributed by Jochen Karrer.
netpbm documentation 20 July 2005 Pnmtopclxl User Manual(0)
