Reference

pbmtpg(1)

PBM test-pattern generator.

NAME

pbmtpg - PBM test-pattern generator.

SYNOPSIS

pbmtpng [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the pbmtpg command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

pbmtpg program generates a full-page ("us" or "A4") test pattern in pbmraw (magicnumber P4) format on stdout. The output may be fed directly into pbm2ppa in order to print a calibration pattern on your printer with commands such as:

pbmtpg | pbm2ppa > /dev/lp1 ( as root )

- or -

pbmtpg | lpr -d hp710 (as normal user, when magicfilter is installed)

OPTIONS

A summary of options are included below.

-a4

Generates a test-pattern for A4 pages. By default, the test-pattern is for US pages.

SEE ALSO

pbm2ppa, magicfilter

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ionutz Borcoman <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).