How to convert PCL to PDF using a GUI, batch file/command line or by printing to our PCL to PDF printer driver

PCLXForm.exe is your best choice to convert PCL into PDF if you want your workflow to be transparent to the end user.  We have versions for 32-bit, 32-bit .NET, 64-bit and 64-bit .NET platforms.  PCLXForm is a program that converts PCL to PDF and other image formats using very powerful ASCII text script programming language [...]

PageTech Announces Release of its New PCLMagic Printer Drivers

San Diego, CA. – November 30, 2011 – PageTech, the leader in PCL print stream transformation, extraction, and re-engineering software, today announced the release of its new PCLMagic Printer Driver.  This new industry-exclusive PCL printer driver embeds searchable text into PCL print streams before the printer driver generates them, saving all the text in its natural unscrambled [...]

Debugging PCL Transformations FAQ

FIRST Determine the compatibility of transformation into a raster format.  Can you convert the PCL using PCLTool.exe using the default settings into TIFF Gp4 or raster PDF?  Or can you View PCL to bitmap view format? Capture: If you don’t have some other method of capturing your PCL, take the printer off-line and print to [...]

PageTech Announces Release of PCLTool SDK V9.0

The most powerful PCL transformation tool kit developed for the HVTO industry now includes Windows .NET, 64-bit and 64-bit .NET versions of its major PCL transformation programs.

Print to Parallel Printer Port to Serial (COM:) Port on PC

Method I: How to capture PCL from a device that can only print via a parallel printer port. If your application that is generating print streams that can only print to a LaserJet or DeskJet printer, then we will be able to convert them. You need to procure from some third party Parallel to Serial [...]

Capture/Redirect PCL to PCLPrint

How to setup the Port Monitor to capture PCL and redirect it as input to PCLPrint.exe to print to any Windows printer driver. Download PCLTool SDK Demo from pagetech.com. After you download, install (with all the defaults) Rename c:\program files\pagetech\pcltsdk_Vvv\pmon\config.ini to config_pdf.ini Rename c:\program files\pagetech\pcltsdk_Vvv\pmon\config_pnt.ini to config.ini This changes our demo to use PCLPrint instead [...]