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Image to Printable Art Converter

Convert images to black and white simple graphics suitable for printing

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/image-to-printable-art' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-to-printable-art' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'conversionType=threshold' \
  -F 'threshold=128' \
  -F 'detailLevel=medium' \
  -F 'outputSize=800x600'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-to-printable-art

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
conversionType	select	Yes	—
threshold	range	Yes	Adjust the balance between black and white (0 = more white, 255 = more black)
detailLevel	select	Yes	—
outputSize	select	Yes

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-image-to-printable-art": {
      "name": "image-to-printable-art",
      "description": "Convert images to black and white simple graphics suitable for printing",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-to-printable-art",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "image-to-printable-art",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "conversionType": "threshold",
  "threshold": 128,
  "detailLevel": "medium",
  "outputSize": "800x600"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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