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From: se@IKP.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser)
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Subject: Re: HP Paintjet vs XL for screen dumps
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Date: 17 Jun 91 13:51:10 GMT
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'ppmtopcl' was posted some weeks ago to 'alt.sources'. It works very well 
with the PaintJet XL, using the printer's build in dithering algorithms 
(offering a choice between 'cluster', 'dither' and 'diffuse'). The name is 
somewhat misleading, since it doesn't work with the older PaintJets or 
other PCL printers.
Since its meant to be a extension of the PBMplus package, it is easy to use 
with the other pbm tools.
I tested it against the screen look of some '.gif's (eg. lighthouse.gif, oldmill.gif) 
and although the colours didn't always exactly match, the results were quite 
nice.

Stefan
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 Stefan Esser,  Institute of Nuclear Physics,  University of Cologne,  Germany
 se@IKP.Uni-Koeln.DE                                           [134.95.192.50]