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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 09:14 AM

Hi,

What's the best an the easiest way to convert
a pcl file to postscript on linux?

I want to print a pcl file on a Xerox Postscript
ready printer. I want to create a filter for that,
on the entry for that printer in the /etc/printcap file.

Suggestion to do that?

Thank you very much for your help.

Daniel

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 09:14 AM

"Daniel Gélinas" <maridan@abacom.com> wrote in message
news:dmsf8g$6tl$1@utornnr1pp.grouptelecom.net...
> Hi,
>
> What's the best an the easiest way to convert
> a pcl file to postscript on linux?

The ImageMagick suite has some nice utilities for converting one graphical
file to another. Almost of them rely on Ghostscript behind the scenes.

> I want to print a pcl file on a Xerox Postscript
> ready printer. I want to create a filter for that,
> on the entry for that printer in the /etc/printcap file.

Umm. Doesn't the printer speak PCL as well? Most modern Postscript printers
do.

In any case, I urge you to switch to CUPS from the old LPRng print style
that relies on /etc/printcap entries. CUPS is really where the modern
printer support for MacOS, Linux, and many UNIX platforms has switched to.

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