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imagetops: generic image to ps filter

NAME

imagetops - generic image to ps filter

SYNOPSIS

imagetops [-gray] [arguments for pnmtops] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

imagetops is a generic image to ps filter. It can be used as print filter in KDE.

imagetops works in two steps:

1.
the given file is converted to PNM format by analyzing the file format and calling the appropriate conversion program.
2.
the file in PNM format is converted to PS format by calling pnmtops.

The supported mime types are: jpeg, png, x-png, bmp, x-bmp, gif and tiff.

imagetops supports reading the parameters via stdin. A temporary file in $TMPDIR (or /tmp if unset) is created then.

OPTIONS

Options:

-gray
convert image to grayscale

Arguments:

arguments for pnmtops
arguments passed to pnmtops
filename
image file to convert

AUTHORS

The KDE project


Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann [at] gmx.de> for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

SEE ALSO

bmptoppm(1), giftopnm(1), jpegtopnm(1), pngtopnm(1), ppmtopgm(1),  pnmtops(1)