THINKJETTOPBM(1)

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version 11.13.03 · 6 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 THINKJETTOPBM 💖

okay bestie, you found the page — welcome to thinkjettopbm, the little Netpbm baddie that turns your HP ThinkJet printer command files into a whole PBM image. it's giving "glow up for ancient printer data" and honestly?? iconic. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

thinkjettopbm — convert HP ThinkJet printer commands file to PBM

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

thinkjettopbm
[-debug]
[thinkjet_file]

okay so quick notes on the syntax, bestie, because Netpbm is generous like that 💅:

  • every option has a shortest unique abbreviation and you can totally use it, no cap
  • you can write -- (double hyphen) instead of the single - if that's your vibe
  • and you can put white space where the = sign would go to separate an option name from its value. flexible queen behavior ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first thing: this program is part of Netpbm(1). family reunion, periodt.

thinkjettopbm reads HP ThinkJet printer commands from standard input, or from thinkjet_file if you actually specified one, and then writes a PBM image out to Standard Output. that's the whole glow up! 💫

and here's the chill part: thinkjettopbm silently ignores text and non-graphics command sequences. it just... doesn't care. no error, no drama, it simply moves on. we love a low-drama icon 🙈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

so on top of the options that every libnetpbm-based program gets (most notably -quiet, peep the Common Options section), thinkjettopbm recognizes exactly one of its own:

  • -debug — turns on debugging messages, which get written out to the standard error stream. perfect for when you're like "bestie what is happening" and you need the receipts 🔍

💀 LIMITATIONS 💀

ngl, this one's a little picky. the program handles only a small subset of ThinkJet command sequences. but before you panic — that subset is enough to convert screen images from older HP test equipment. so if that's your thing, you're literally so set. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Copyright (C) 2001 by W. Eric Norum

🧚 DOCUMENT SOURCE 🧚

this manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool makeman from HTML source. the master documentation lives at:

http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/thinkjettopbm.html

and that's a wrap, bestie 💖 this whole thing came to you from the netpbm documentation, dated 03 April 2001, and yes it's still serving looks. go convert something cute, mwah 🎀✨

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