[cups.general] pcl to ps conversion

Johannes Meixner jsmeix at suse.de
Mon Oct 24 07:46:17 PDT 2005


Hello,

On Oct 22 10:17 Diego wrote (shortened):
> we have a application that prints with inbedded pcl commands.

If you have only PCL printers and if this application produces
the right printer specific PCL, simply print in "raw" mode:
  lp -d QUEUE -o raw file.pcl
Note that raw means raw (i.e. no automated LF->CR+LF conversion
and no additional FF at the end of a job).


> E ... Unable to convert file 0 to printable format

Find out how to distinguish/autodetect this application's PCL form
all other stuff what you print, then add a matching mime type
with a autodetection rule in /etc/cups/mime.types and note that
all mime types in all /etc/cups/*.types files are tested in
alphabetical order (and first match wins).

For more ideas and information you may like to have a look at:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/06/jsmeix_print-cups-filters.html

Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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