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.SH NAME
calibrate_ppa \- pnm2ppa calibration tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B calibrate_ppa 
.RI [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Produces various PixMap (PPM) files used for calibrating pnm2ppa.
.TP
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
.SH 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-g, \-\-gamma
produce  gamma.ppm (10MB, used in color calibration).
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
displays this help text.
.TP
.B \-o <outfile>
output to file <outfile>, "\-o \-" means stdout (default)
.TP
.B \-p <n>
create test pattern number <n>
.TP
.B \-\-align
pattern 0:  align print heads. (default) 
.TP
.B \-\-test
pattern 1:  test alignment. 
.TP
.B \-\-clean
pattern 2:  clean print head. 
.TP
.B \-\-center
pattern 3:  center paper. 
.TP
.B \-s\fR <paper>
default papersize (a4, legal, letter = us (default))
.PD
.SH 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).
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR pnm2ppa (1), 
.IR magicfilter (8),
.IR apsfilter (8)