---
name: "pbmtogo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpbm"
version: "10.86.51-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pbmtogo"
---

# pbmtogo(1)

convert a PBM image into compressed GraphOn graphics

## NAME

pbmtogo - convert a PBM image into compressed GraphOn graphics

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtogo** \[*pbmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of **Netpbm**(1) .

**pbmtogo** reads a PBM image as input and produces 2D compressed GraphOn graphics as output.

Be sure to set up your GraphOn with the following modes: 8 bits / no parity; obeys no XON/XOFF; NULs are accepted.  These are all on the Comm menu.  Also, remember to turn off tty post processing.  Note that there is no gotopbm tool.

## OPTIONS

There are no command line options defined specifically for **pbmtogo**, but it recognizes the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ .)

## SEE ALSO

**pbm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 by Jef Poskanzer, Michael Haberler, and Bo Thide'.

## DOCUMENT SOURCE

This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master documentation is at

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  **http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtogo.html**