brushtopbm
Convert deskjet brush files to PBM images
TLDR
Convert a deskjet brush file to PBM
$ brushtopbm [brushfile] > [output.pbm]
Convert from stdin$ cat [brushfile] | brushtopbm > [output.pbm]
Convert brush to PNG via pipe$ brushtopbm [brushfile] | pnmtopng > [output.png]
SYNOPSIS
brushtopbm [brushfile]
DESCRIPTION
brushtopbm reads a deskjet brush file and produces a PBM (Portable BitMap) image as output. This is part of the Netpbm package of image manipulation utilities.Brush files were used by certain HP DeskJet printer utilities for custom brush patterns. This converter allows extracting these patterns as standard bitmap images.If no file is specified, the program reads from standard input. Output is written to standard output.
INSTALL
sudo apt install netpbm
sudo dnf install netpbm
sudo pacman -S netpbm
sudo apk add netpbm
sudo zypper install netpbm
brew install netpbm
nix profile install nixpkgs#netpbm
CAVEATS
This tool handles a specific legacy format. The brush file format is rarely used in modern systems. Output is monochrome PBM; convert using other Netpbm tools if color output is needed.
