On Fri, 22 May 2009, George Gallen wrote: > ok. All this talk about PCL images had me looking into this... > > I downloaded a few JPG -> PCL image conversion programs, and > attempted to send them to the printer directly, after looking at > the code. > > Instead of getting the image (even a b&W image), all I got was > what looked like a bunch of 2D bar coding that was the size of > the image. But if I view the PCL code in a PCL Viewer, it looks good. > > I'm guessing the problem is that the image was converted for > viewing on the display (in RGB), but the printer is not RGB. > > SOOOO....how do I convert the image from RGB PCL to PCL that > I can print on the printer? > > What we wanted to do was scan an image, then convert the image > to PCL, then work them into reports.
Trying to send color PCL to a monochrome printer will definitely not work. For a task like this, I tend to think in terms of three general options: 1) Try a free utility, which might work, but has no support if it doesn't. When the circumstances change (a new printer, for instance) and it breaks, start over. 2) Study all the specs (JPEG format, PCL syntax, printer variations, etc.), stay up all night writing the code, and forget to make a living. 3) Buy an inexpensive, supported, robust program written by someone who has done steps 1 and 2. That would be me. Our Print Wizard package will do exactly what you want. It will also: a) handle other file formats (GIF, PNG, TIF, etc.). b) print to non-PCL printers. c) let you make the image any size you want. d) generate PDFs. e) generate faxes. f) save you time and money. See website for details. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: [email protected] company e-mail: [email protected] voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
