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diff --git a/man/tiff2ps.1 b/man/tiff2ps.1 index 5085ec5d..d636524b 100644 --- a/man/tiff2ps.1 +++ b/man/tiff2ps.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Header: /usr/people/sam/tiff/man/RCS/tiff2ps.1,v 1.18 1995/10/11 19:42:04 sam Exp $ +.\" $Header: /usr/people/sam/tiff/man/RCS/tiff2ps.1,v 1.19 1997/01/27 23:48:56 sam Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988-1995 Sam Leffler .\" Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Silicon Graphics, Inc. @@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ .\" OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .if n .po 0 -.TH TIFF2PS 1 "October 15, 1995" +.ds Ps P\s-2OST\s+2S\s-2CRIPT\s+2 +.TH TIFF2PS 1 "January 27, 1997" .SH NAME tiff2ps \- convert a .SM TIFF -image to PostScript\(tm +image to \*(Ps\(tm .SH SYNOPSIS .B tiff2ps [ @@ -38,17 +39,17 @@ image to PostScript\(tm .I tiff2ps reads .SM TIFF -images and writes PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) +images and writes \*(Ps or Encapsulated \*(Ps (EPS) on the standard output. By default, .I tiff2ps -writes Encapsulated PostScript for the first image in the specified +writes Encapsulated \*(Ps for the first image in the specified .SM TIFF image file. .PP By default, .I tiff2ps -will generate PostScript that fills a printed area specified +will generate \*(Ps that fills a printed area specified by the .SM TIFF tags in the input file. @@ -67,22 +68,22 @@ overriding any relevant .SM TIFF tags. .PP -The PostScript generated for +The \*(Ps generated for .SM RGB, palette, and .SM CMYK images uses the .I colorimage operator. -The PostScript generated for +The \*(Ps generated for greyscale and bilevel images uses the .I image operator. When the .I colorimage -operator is used, PostScript code to emulate this operator -on older PostScript printers is also generated. +operator is used, \*(Ps code to emulate this operator +on older \*(Ps printers is also generated. Note that this emulation code can be very slow. .PP Color images with associated alpha data are composited over @@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ a white background. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-1 -Generate PostScript Level I (the default). +Generate \*(Ps Level I (the default). .TP .B \-2 -Generate PostScript Level II. +Generate \*(Ps Level II. .TP .B \-a Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file. @@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ This option is useful for selecting individual pages in a multi-page (e.g. facsimile) file. .TP .B \-e -Force the generation of Encapsulated PostScript. +Force the generation of Encapsulated \*(Ps. .TP .B \-h Specify the vertical size of the printed area (in inches). @@ -122,15 +123,24 @@ This option is useful for selecting thumbnail images and the like which are hidden using the SubIFD tag. .TP .B \-p -Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) PostScript. +Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) \*(Ps. .TP .B \-s Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file. .TP .B \-w Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches). +.TP +.B \-z +When generating \*(Ps Level II, data is scaled so that it does not +image into the +.I deadzone +on a page (the outer margin that the printing device is unable to mark). +This option suppresses this behaviour. +When \*(Ps Level I is generated, data is imaged to the entire printed +page and this option has no affect. .SH EXAMPLES -The following generates PostScript Level II for all pages of a facsimile: +The following generates \*(Ps Level II for all pages of a facsimile: .RS .nf tiff2ps -a2 fax.tif | lpr @@ -139,7 +149,7 @@ tiff2ps -a2 fax.tif | lpr Note also that if you have version 2.6.1 or newer of Ghostscript then you can efficiently preview facsimile generated with the above command. .PP -To generate Encapsulated PostScript for a the image at directory 2 +To generate Encapsulated \*(Ps for a the image at directory 2 of an image use: .RS .nf @@ -148,8 +158,8 @@ tiff2ps -d 1 foo.tif .RE (notice that directories are numbered starting at zero.) .SH BUGS -Because PostScript does not support the notion of a colormap, -8-bit palette images produce 24-bit PostScript images. +Because \*(Ps does not support the notion of a colormap, +8-bit palette images produce 24-bit \*(Ps images. This conversion results in output that is six times bigger than the original image and which takes a long time to send to a printer over a serial line. |