You might be able to approach a print house with a docutech and ask them to rip but not print the files (unlesss you want hard copies), and then save the resulting tif images to a CD for you.
There can be some issues with the greyscaling from memory.
Regards
Chris
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "SLUG" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] prn -> pdf
Alan L Tyree wrote:Is there a simple way to convert a scanned prn file to a pdf?
A prn file is usually either a PostScript file or a PCL file. See http://www.frogmorecs.com/arts/what_is_a_prn_file.html
Try renaming the file to have an extension .ps and view it in ghostview (or less the file and see if it starts with "Postscript" at the top)
If so you can convert it to PDF using ps2pdf.
If its a PCL file the search google for "PCL file viewer", download the software and see if you can export it to either PDF, PS or some image format. Then convert to PDF from there.
Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials & Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460 [pls ignore idiot lawyer's msg below]
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