Gif2Epsn -------- Program to dump images saved as GIF files on Epson type printers. Usage: ------ Usage: Gif2Epsn [-d DitherSize] [-t BWThreshold] [-m Mapping] [-i] [-n] [-p PrinterName] [-h] GifFile If no GifFile is given, Gif2Epsn will try to read stdin for GIF file. Memory required: ---------------- Screen. Options: -------- 1. [-d DitherSize] : Sets size of dithering matrix, where DitherSize can be 2,3 or 4 only (for 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 dithering matrices). Default is 2. Note image will be displayed in this mode only if Mapping (see -m) selected this mode. 2. [-t BWThreshold] : Sets threshold level for B&W mapping in percent. This threshold level is used in the different mappings as selected via -m. Default is 19%. 3. [-m mapping] : Select method to map colors to B&W. Mapping can be: 0 : Every none background color is considered foreground (white color but is drawn as black by printer, unless -i is specified). 1 : 0.3 * RED + 0.59 * GREEN + 0.11 * YELLOW > BWThreshold is considered white color. 2 : Colors are mapped as in 1, and use dithering of size as defined using -d option. BWthreshold is used here as scaler. Default is option 0. 4. [-i] : Invert the image, i.e. black -> white, white -> black. 5. [-n] : Nicer image. Uses double density feature of Epson printer, to make nicer result. This takes more time (and kill your ink cartridge faster...) but results are usually better. 6. [-p PrinterName] : by default output is sent to LPT1:. If other device or disk file is required, they should be specified here. Note devices are NOT specifed with colon, so to use LPT2: instead: '-p lpt2' is required. Nothing is sent to stdout. If a disk file is created: '-p file1.eps' then it can be printed any time by the copy command: 'copy file1.eps prn:/b'. Note the /b for binary copy. 7. [-h] : print one command line help, similar to Usage above. Notes: ------ The output has aspect ratio of 1, so square image, will be square in its hardcopy as well. The widest image can be printed is 640 pixels, on 8 inches paper. You probably will need to flip wider images, if height is less than that: 'gifflip -r x29.gif | gif2epsn'. Wider images will be clipped.