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Pnmtopclxl User Manual(0)			     Pnmtopclxl User Manual(0)

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)
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