[cups.general] CUPS doesn't print PCL files

[Helge Blischke]

Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR) wrote:
> Hi list members,
> 
> I have an old DOS application that only produces PCL files as output and 
> stores these files on a samba share.
> 
> The fax server (bitkit/FAX) that should send this output expects postscript 
> files.
> 
> Therefore I installed a printer on the samba server that prints it's output 
> into a file. Here is the configuration of this printer:
> 
> <Printer donotuse2>
> Info
> Location lokal
> DeviceURI file:/tmp/fax.ps
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
> 
> When I use the command
> 
> lpr -Pdonotuse2 /etc/motd
> 
> I get the expected file fax.ps in /tmp
> 
> But when I use the PCL file as input, nothing happens. I already set 
> 
> LogLevel debug2
> 
> in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and monitored the cupsd process with strace but I 
> could find an error message, everything looks pretty normal.
> 
> I you would like to have a look at the file, here it is:
> 
> http://www.in-put.de/fax.pcl
> 
> BTW:
> file fax.pcl
> fax.pcl: HP PCL printer data
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions ?
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance.
> 
> Stefan

You need to convert your PCL jobs to PostScript somehow. I'd suggest to build ghostpcl
and wrap a CUPS filter script around that, set up mime types and rules accordingly
to convert your PCL to PostScript (don't know if it has been implemented) or PDF
(know that *does* work).

Helge


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