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pbmtoepsi — Convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style preview bitmap. More information: <https://n

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Problem

How to use the pbmtoepsi command: Convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style preview bitmap. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoepsi.html>.

Solution

pbmtoepsi — Convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style preview bitmap. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoepsi.html>.

Convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style preview bitmap:

pbmtoepsi {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Produce a quadratic output image with the specified resolution:

pbmtoepsi {{[-d|-dpi]}} {{144}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Produce an output image with the specified horizontal and vertical resolution:

pbmtoepsi {{[-d|-dpi]}} {{72x144}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Only create a boundary box:

pbmtoepsi {{[-b|-bbonly]}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PBM image to an encapsulated PostScript style preview bitmap

pbmtoepsi {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Produce a quadratic output image with the specified resolution

pbmtoepsi {{[-d|-dpi]}} {{144}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Produce an output image with the specified horizontal and vertical resolution

pbmtoepsi {{[-d|-dpi]}} {{72x144}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Only create a boundary box

pbmtoepsi {{[-b|-bbonly]}} {{path/to/image.pbm}} > {{path/to/output.bmp}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pbmtoepsi

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