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

# zeisstopnm(1)

convert a Zeiss confocal file to PNM

## NAME

zeisstopnm - convert a Zeiss confocal file to PNM

## SYNOPSIS

**zeisstopnm**

\[**-pgm** \| **-ppm**\]

\[*zeissfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**zeisstopnm** reads a Zeiss confocal file as input and produces a PNM image as output.

By default, the exact type of the output depends on the input file: If it's grayscale a PGM image; otherwise a PPM.  The program tells you which type it is writing.  You can override the default with the  **-pgm** and **-ppm** options.

## OPTIONS

In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably **-quiet**, see \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ ), **zeisstopnm** recognizes the following command line options:

- **-pgm**

  Force the output to be in PGM format.

- **-ppm**

  Force the output to be in PPM format.

## SEE ALSO

**pnm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1993 by Oliver Trepte

## 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/zeisstopnm.html**