Pbmtoepsi User Manual(0)			      Pbmtoepsi User Manual(0)



NAME
       pbmtoepsi  -  convert  a	 PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style
       preview bitmap


SYNOPSIS
       pbmtoepsi [-dpi=N[xN]] [-bbonly] [pbmfile]

       All options can be abbreviated to their shortest	 unique	 prefix.   You
       may  use	 two  hyphens instead of one.  You may separate an option name
       and its value with white space instead of an equals sign.


DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of Netpbm(1).

       Reads a PBM image as input.  Produces an encapsulated Postscript	 style
       bitmap  as output.  The output is not a stand alone postscript file, it
       is only a preview bitmap, which can  be	included  in  an  encapsulated
       PostScript file.

       pbmtoepsi assumes the PBM input describes a whole output page, with one
       pixel on the page corresponding to one PBM  pixel.   It	detects	 white
       borders	in  the	 image and generates Postscript output that contains a
       Bounding Box statement to describe the location of the principal	 image
       (the  image  excluding the white borders) on the page and thus does not
       include the borders in the raster part of the Postscript output.

       There is no epsitopbm tool - this transformation is one way.


OPTIONS
       -dpi=N[xN]

	      This option specifies the resolution in dots per inch of the
		   ultimate output device.  You must specify this because the
		   Bounding Box statement defines the bounding box in absolute
		   distances, not in pixels.  pbmtoepsi assumes in
		   calculating the bounding  box  that	each  PBM  pixel  will
	      become one
		   dot on the output device, and applies your dpi
		   specification  to  calculate	 the  size and location on the
	      page of
		   the bounding box.

	      If you specify NxN, the first number is the
		   horizontal resolution and the second number is the vertical
		   resolution.	If you specify just a single number N, that is
	      the
		   resolution in both directions.

	      The default is 72 dots per inch in both directions.

	      This option was new In Netpbm 10.3 (June 2002).  Before that,
		   pbmtoepsi  always  assumed  72 dots per inch in both direc-
	      tions.


       -bbonly
	      Only create a boundary box, don't fill it with the image.



SEE ALSO
       pbm(1), pnmtops(1), pstopnm(1), psidtopgm(1), pbmtolps(1),

       Postscript language documentation


AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988 Jef Poskanzer, modified by Doug Crabill 1992



netpbm documentation		   June 2002	      Pbmtoepsi User Manual(0)