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NAME
       calibrate_ppa - pnm2ppa calibration tool

SYNOPSIS
       calibrate_ppa [options]

DESCRIPTION
       Produces various PixMap (PPM) files used for calibrating pnm2ppa.

       This  manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution be-
       cause the original program does not have a manual page.

NOTE
       The size of a  full-page PixMap is 100MB!!.  These  PixMaps  should  be
       piped  directly to pnm2ppa, except in the case of the  -g option, where
       the PixMap should be viewed or printed by other means.

OPTIONS
       -g, --gamma
              produce  gamma.ppm (10MB, used in color calibration).

       -h, --help
              displays this help text.

       -o <outfile>
              output to file <outfile>, "-o -" means stdout (default)

       -p <n> create test pattern number <n>

       --align
              pattern 0:  align print heads. (default)

       --test pattern 1:  test alignment.

       --clean
              pattern 2:  clean print head.

       --center
              pattern 3:  center paper.

       -s <paper>
              default papersize (a4, legal, letter = us (default))

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Chad C.  Walstrom  <chewie@debian.org>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO
       pnm2ppa(1), magicfilter(8), apsfilter(8)

                               November 05, 2000              calibrate_ppa(8)

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