CentOS - Feb 2013 - pcl to pdf

Everyone,

I am currently using a vsifax program (pcltotiff) to convert pcl files
to tiff files on a SCO Unix box, and then I am using tiff2pdf on a
Centos 5.9 box to convert the file to a pdf.

There are other commands that deal with multiple page tiff's and pdf's
that are part of the process, but the above basic process has worked
very well.  The only thing I would like to enhance is a better
resolution of the tif file and therefore the pdf file; the problem being
the resolution capability of pcltotiff that comes with vsifax.  I am
limited on the SCO box as to what I can install; it is too old to admit
to, and is scheduled to be upgraded to a new Centos system.  

Obviously, I can get the pcl file to the Centos system easily, do any of
you have suggestions of being able to convert a pcl file to pdf on the
Centos system.

Greg Ennis

2013/2/14 Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at pomec.net>:
> Everyone,
>
> I am currently using a vsifax program (pcltotiff) to convert pcl files
> to tiff files on a SCO Unix box, and then I am using tiff2pdf on a
> Centos 5.9 box to convert the file to a pdf.
>
> There are other commands that deal with multiple page tiff's and
pdf's
> that are part of the process, but the above basic process has worked
> very well.  The only thing I would like to enhance is a better
> resolution of the tif file and therefore the pdf file; the problem being
> the resolution capability of pcltotiff that comes with vsifax.  I am
> limited on the SCO box as to what I can install; it is too old to admit
> to, and is scheduled to be upgraded to a new Centos system.
>
> Obviously, I can get the pcl file to the Centos system easily, do any of
> you have suggestions of being able to convert a pcl file to pdf on the
> Centos system.
GhostPCL might work: http://www.ghostscript.com/GhostPCL.html

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=88464

"I've just been tackling the same issue - PCL pre-formatted print jobs
which I can save as files and then want to convert to PDF for email
purposes.

I seem to have found the solution with Ghostscript GhostPCL

http://www.ghostscript.com/awki/GhostPCL

I downloaded version ghostpcl_1.41p1.tar.bz2 (problems experienced
with the latest version on FC5). The README was a little confusing and
I finished up running:

make clean
make
make install

then tested with:
pcl6 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=laser.pdf laser.pcl

laser.pdf opens fine with acroread but I seem to have a minor issue
with paper size (I use A4 as my standard size & pcl6 seems to use US
Letter as the default). Still, early days yet and I am very impressed
with the results so far!"

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Eero