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.