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!" -- Eero