pbmpage - create a one page test pattern for printing


SYNOPSIS

       pbmpage [-a4] test_pattern


DESCRIPTION

       pbmpage  generates  a  one page test pattern to print on a
       sheet of paper, for use in  calibrating  a  printer.   The
       test pattern in is PBM format.

       pbmpage  produces  an image intended for 600 dots per inch
       printer resolution.

       If you are printing on an HP PPA printer, you can  convert
       the  output  of this program to a stream that you can feed
       to the printer with pbmtoppa.

       Bear in mind that when you print the test pattern, you are
       testing  not only the printer, but any converter or driver
       software along the printing path.  Any one of these compo­
       nents may adjust margins, crop the image, erase edges, and
       such.

       If, due to addition of margins,  the  printer  refuses  to
       print  the  image because it is too big, use pnmcut to cut
       the right and bottom edges off the test pattern  until  it
       is small enough to print.

       test_pattern  is  the number of the test pattern to gener­
       ate, as follows.  The default is 1.

       1      A grid ruled in numbers of pixels.   The  outermost
              rules are exactly at the edges of the paper.

       2      A  vertical line segment, one pixel wide, extending
              1/2" up from the exact center of the page.

       3      Two diagonal line segments,  one  starting  at  the
              upper  left  corner of the page, the other starting
              from the lower  left  corner  of  the  page.   Both
              extend  1/2"  toward  the  center of the page at 45
              degrees.

       -a4    Generate an image for A4 (European) paper.  Without
              this  option,  pbmpage  generates  an  image for US
              standard paper (8 1/2" wide x 11" high).


SEE ALSO

       pbmtoppa(1), pnmcut(1), pbm(5)

       Tim Norman.  Copyright (C) 1998.  Licensed under GNU  Pub­
       lic License

       Manual page by Bryan Henderson, May 2000.


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