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Pp.canon

Convert .phs output for a Canon printer

Syntax:

Pp.canon [-1] [-A]] [-b size] [-c colors]
         [-D debug_fname] [-d] [-L] [-ocn] [-odn] 
         [-of] [-ogn] [-oh] [-omn] [-opn] [-orn] 
         [-oSX,Y] [-osn] [-oyn] [-U  file] [-V]
         filename 

Options:

-1
Invert black and white colors.
-A
Force anti-aliasing of fonts.
-b size
Specify size of printer buffer in bytes.
-c colors
Force size of color palette.
-D debug_fname
Send debug information to the specified file.
-d
Delete input file after processing.
-L
Enable landscape mode.
-ocn
Adjust cyan gamma correction (where negative is lighter, positive is darker).
-odn
Set printer graphical depletion (default: 2). Ranges between 0 (disabled) and 5 (remove every fifth pixel).
-of
Enable Floyd-Steinberg dithering (default).
-ogn
Adjust black gamma correction (where negative is lighter, positive is darker).
-oh
Enable halftone dithering (default: "-of").
-omn
Adjust magenta gamma correction (where negative is lighter, positive is darker).
-opn
Specify printing type. Choices are: 1 (B/W); 3 (CMY color); 4 (CMYK).
-orn
Set resolution (default: 360 DPI). Valid choices are 90, 180, 360, and 720.
-oSX,Y
Set scale in the X or Y dimension (e.g. -oS0.75,0.6), where scale value may be:
negative
scale as a multiple of the source image size
positive
scale as a multiple of the page size
0
maximum size while respecting the aspect ratio
-osn
Specify multiple pass printing "shingling" (default: 1). Valid range is between 0 and 2 passes.
-oyn
Adjust yellow gamma correction (where negative is lighter, positive is darker).
-U file
Delete this file when the print job is completed. Use for synchronizing print-spooling operations.
-V
Be verbose (-VV: be more verbose).
filename
Name of a Photon draw-stream (*.phs) file.

Description:

This utility converts .phs output for a Canon printer. The Pp.canon driver is usually used as a part of lpsrvr or called directly from the prsetup configuration.

Examples:

Pp.canon file.phs >/dev/par  

Files:

The output is sent to stdout. Typically this is redirected to a printer device, as shown in the example.


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