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Questions tagged [printer-control-language]

This tag relates to questions pertaining to PCL. PCL or Printer Control Language has been developed by Hewlett Packard and is now the de-facto standard for printer languages (laser and ink). Note: For questions about the Portable Class Library, use the tag [portable-class-library] instead, and the tag [point-cloud-library] for questions about the Point Cloud Library.

PCL has several versions. The most used versions are PCL3 (for ink devices) PCL5 and PCL6 for Laser devices. PCL has a binary file format and consists of command/data sets. The commands comprise of page, text, vector and raster commands.

Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language for more details.

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GhostScript PDF to PCL Black and White with No Grayscale

I have a process to convert PDFs to PCL for automatic printing, but the quality is not good. Here's the test code that I have to show the poor quality: gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=ljetplus -sOutputFile=grayscaletest.pcl -f…
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PCL text coming out offset

I am trying to generate PCL files for an HP printer and my text is getting a strange indentation. For example, if I have code like this: %-12345X E &l2A line 1 line 2 line 3 &l1T E %-12345X Then I get output like…
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Syntax for generating Barcode using PCL syntax

Iam searching for a PCL syntax to generate and print the BARCODE. If anyone having any information about the same, please help me. I have tried googling it, but didnt find anything.
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How to access methods of imported PCL library in Xamarin ios project

i have imported a PCL library into my Xamarin IOS project. I can access the class but not the methods under it I tried by making the method "static" in oder to access it Classsname.methodName but it doesnt work I have tried to create an instance of…
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Bitmap images are not supported for PDF when setting output type is PCL - fop-pdf-images

I am trying to convert the PDF file into PCL output by using FOP. Able to convert png, pdf or tiff format other than PCL. XSL-FO file for your reference …
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How can I create a UWP Class Library with Bluetooth permissions?

I asked a similar question yesterday, but I think it was the wrong one. I have PCL that uses Xamarin to implement Bluetooth LE support on iOS & Android already, but now I must implement Windows BT support. It appears the only way to do so is through…
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compiling xcode/android libraries into PCL for acces in shared code

I am trying to write an application using a 3rd party library. The 3rd party has made independent APIs for both Android and IOS but nothing in between. I researched PCLs and it seems that the shared code has to be written in C#. I question if it is…
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Output of Print Driver application, PCL

We have a legacy application written by a developer which takes a PDF/text file and converts it to a TIFF. The user just prints the file to a custom print driver.Output of the driver is a Printer control language file and finally TIFF. The user…
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Edit, merge and return InputStream

I'm working on a Java plug-in that takes two variables of bespoke type and returns one of the same type. This type can be convertet from and to InputStream. I will need to crop the first one at the end and the second one at the beginning and then…
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Passing PCL in XML

I need to pass some PCL in an XML file. I assumed a CDATA tag would allow for this but seems to dislike the ESC character. Notepad++ keeps saying, "XML Parsing error. Sequence ']]>' not allowed in content." When I remove the ESC characters it no…
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Issue with ghostscript rendering PPT into PDF

I've been tinkering with Ghostscript with a port monitor(on a HP PCL 6 Universal driver) to convert print job into PDF. I've tested with a few applications such as Words, Excel, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Edge etc and they are all working…
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How to call a webservice in a Xamarin.PCL project

I've been looking all over the xamarin website and ther is dozens of way to call a webservice. Until now, each time i try to repeat the example that is in the tutorial, something goes wrong. So, how can I simply call a php webservice that returns me…
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How to increase the point in the point cloud?

I want to make the point bigger by using "setPointCloudRenderingProperties". this is my code: #include #include #include #include #include…
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GhostScript (9.20, AIX) error converting PDF to PCL

GhostScript 9.20 is giving the following error in attempting to convert a 1-page PDF to PCL: **** Error reading a content stream. The page may be incomplete. Output may be incorrect. Error: /typecheck in --run-- Operand stack: …
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cmake compiling pcl on centos 6.3 with gcc 6.3.0 fails, assembler reports error

I am compiling point cloud library on centos 6.3 with gcc 6.3.0 and cmake 3.7. The assembler reports errors as follows: [ 2%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/pcl_common.dir/src/time_trigger.cpp.o /tmp/cc7ZJZcC.s: Assembler…
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