Re: Conversion to PCL question...

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From	"Mark T. B. Carroll" <mtbc@bcs.org>
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"JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> writes:

> We have a company logo.  I can get it in jpg or bmp format.  I might even be 
> able to get it in PDF format...
>
> But what we need to do is convert it to PCL.  Then I have to store that PCL 
> somewhere so that later, it can be "sent" to the printer on the fly. 
> Basically, we'd like to print the logo from our internal system vs. buying 
> pre-printed letterhead paper.
>
> We cannot load "macros" to the printers themselves.  We have dozens of 
> printers that might be doing this printing.  They are all PCL capable 
> printers.

The Common UNIX Printing System can via PostScript convert PDF to PCL.
Pick a PCL printer driver and print a PDF to a file using the driver.

That may not be the best way, but it'll probably work.

There's also a PDF-to-PostScript utility based on Poppler. Then
Ghostscript can convert PostScript to PCL. Maybe those are pretty
much the tools CUPS uses under the hood, I don't know.

Basically, certainly if you go via PostScript, you should find that
there are plenty of free tools available.

Mark

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Conversion to PCL question... "JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-01 12:23 -0400
  Re: Conversion to PCL question... "Mark T. B. Carroll" <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2011-04-01 19:36 -0400
    Re: Conversion to PCL question... "JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-04 11:58 -0400
      Re: Conversion to PCL question... tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-05 23:35 -0400
      Re: Conversion to PCL question... luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-05 22:57 -0700
        Re: Conversion to PCL question... luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-05 23:01 -0700
          Re: Conversion to PCL question... "JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-06 07:37 -0400
  Re: Conversion to PCL question... luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-01 23:09 -0700
    Re: Conversion to PCL question... Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> - 2011-04-02 22:08 +0000
      Re: Conversion to PCL question... luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 23:28 -0700
        Re: Conversion to PCL question... Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> - 2011-04-03 20:02 +0000
    Re: Conversion to PCL question... "JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-04 12:00 -0400
      Re: Conversion to PCL question... PGAGA <grifwood@glinx.com> - 2011-04-04 09:50 -0700
        Re: Conversion to PCL question... "JJ" <jeffersonjj.nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-04 15:06 -0400

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