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<H1>escp2topbm</H1>
Updated: 14 July 2015
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escp2topbm - convert an ESC/P2 printer file to a PBM image
<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>escp2topbm</B>
[<I>printfile</I>]
<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>escp2topbm</b> reads an ESC/P2 printer control stream as input.
It produces a PBM image as output.
<P><b>escp2topbm</b> filters the raster graphic content from an Epson
ESC/P2 printer control stream and writes the image it would print as a
standard (raw) PBM image.
<p>The input is from the file named by the <i>printfile</i> argument, or
from Standard Input if you don't specify <i>printfile</i>. The output is
to Standard Output.
<P><b>escp2topbm</b> understands compression modes 0 (uncompressed)
and 1 (RLE compressed) in the Epson input stream.
<p>Before Netpbm 10.72 (September 2015), the Netpbm global
option <b>-plain</b> has no effect on <b>escp2topbm</b> .
<H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2>
none
<H2 id="hints">HINTS</H2>
<P>As <b>escp2topbm</b> is a simple program, created mainly to test
<b>pbmtoescp2</b>, there are some restrictions:
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<li><b>escp2topbm</b> looks only at "ESC." sequences and ignores
all data outside these Escape sequences.
<li><b>escp2topbm</b> assumes that only one raster graphic is in the
printer stream. If this isn't true, the result is garbage.
<li><b>escp2topbm</b> assumes that all "ESC." sequences use the same
width value. If this isn't true, the result is garbage.
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<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="pbmtoescp2.html">pbmtoescp2</A></B>,
<B><A HREF="pbm.html">pbm</A></B>
<H2 id="author">AUTHOR</H2>
<P>Copyright (C) 2003 by Ulrich Walcher
(<A HREF="mailto:u.walcher@gmx.de">u.walcher@gmx.de</A>).
<H2 id="history">HISTORY</H2>
<p><b>escp2topbm</b> was added to Netpbm in Release 10.18 (August 2003);
it was created around the same time.
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<LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A>
<LI><A HREF="#options">OPTIONS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#hints">HINTS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#seealso">SEE ALSO</A>
<LI><A HREF="#author">AUTHOR</A>
<LI><A HREF="#history">HISTORY</A>
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