PCL for printing simple text file

[krisme]

I'm in need to convert a text file to a PCL file. How do I go about doing this??I found a lot of references to HP's PCL programming manual..where on the internet can i find the complete manual??

Thanx in advance.

 

[jlasman]

There is nothing to convert really. Look at the earlier thread about electronic documentation. There is a link provided to the PCL5 Technical Reference which is a comprehensive description of PCL codes.

Insert <esc>E before your text and after your text, and then you can print it from DOS using print.com. The <esc> represent the real single byte escape character chr&quot;27&quot;

From windows, you would simply load the text into wordpad or notepad etc. and print it through the appropriate printer driver.

Jim Asman

 

[Tinab]

How can I convert a text file to a pdf file.

 

[Guest_imported]

Tinab- One way to a pdf is to print-to-file using a PostScript driver, then drop the resulting file into Distiller.

Krisme- Similarly, if you actually need the pcl file, as opposed to printing directly to the printer as other Jim said, then print-to-file but with a pcl driver.

Jim Brown,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
My time is GMT+2