
                              GROB2TIF.TXT File

                    (c)  Hewlett-Packard Company, 1990


OVERVIEW
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The GROB2TIF application is a program for your personal computer that converts
an HP 48 graphics object (GROB) into a TIFF (Tag Image File Format) file.
TIFF format graphics can be used by many word processors, paint programs, and 
desktop publishing programs.


PROCEDURE
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These are the steps for creating a TIFF format file:

 1.  Create a graphics object on your HP 48.  (Executing the command sequence
     PICT RCL is a good way to create a GROB.)

 2.  Store the GROB in a variable on your HP 48.

 3.  Transfer the variable to your computer.  Since GROB2TIF requires ASCII-
     type files, make sure your calculator is set to ASCII transfer mode in 
     the I/O SETUP menu. 

 4.  Run GROB2TIF.

GROB2TIF reads the GROB file from the standard input and writes the output
to standard out.  Therefore, you must give the output file a new name when
you run GROB2TIF:

GROB2TIF < grob_file > TIFF_file


EXAMPLE
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For example, if the GROB variable was uploaded to the computer file
PICTURE.GRO, you would type the following:

GROB2TIF < PICTURE.GRO > PICTURE.TIF

When you press [ENTER], the GROB (PICTURE.GRO) is converted into a TIFF
file (PICTURE.TIF). 





