GROB2TIF.TXT File (c) Hewlett-Packard Company, 1990 OVERVIEW -------- 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 --------- 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 ------- 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).