Hello Brian,
BH> Thanks for your work on this. You have inspired me to BH> share another option. I had a need to create PDF files BH> from software that could only create HP's PCL formatted BH> output and could not run a PostScript driver. (This was BH> not on a Windows or Linux platform, but HP-UX). BH> PCL is the format used for printing to non-PostScript BH> LaserJet printers. HP developed PCL to compete with BH> PostScript. As such, PCL is much more common in the BH> Windows PC (and HP-UX) world than PostScript. BH> Anyway, I found pcl6, which can take PCL and convert BH> to various formats, such as PDF, without the need for BH> a PostScript itermediary. BH> (There are other expensive pcl-to-pdf converters out BH> there, but this method is much more affordable.) BH> You have to compile from source, but it compiles cleanly BH> on SME 5.5 (not 5.0, for me anyway) after installation of the RPMs BH> mentioned in the above howto, plus GCC, etc. My SME 5.5 BH> binary runs fine on SME 5.0, as far as I can tell. BH> If you are interested, take a look here for the pcl6 source: BH> http://www.artifex.com/downloads/ BH> I have put my files here: BH> http://bender-high.com/sme/pcl6/ BH> They include a binary, a shell script, and an smb.conf template. BH> If you want to try it, you should be able to follow the BH> README I put on my site without having to compile the source BH> yourself. BH> This has the potential of being a great deal easier to BH> install than the regular Ghostscript ps2pdf method BH> of generating PDFs from a network printer. BH> Please note, the pcl6 license is not GPL and that may BH> be a problem for some of you. BH> --Brian High Cool Brian. I will try out this option myself. -- Best regards, Craig mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
