[cups] printing files of type PJL encapsulated PostScript document text

[Alex Korobkin]

Perhaps your printer just doesn't come with PCL option? Can you print from
Windows using PCL drivers?

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> We have a software which produces files of this type:
>
> $ file muster.pcl
> muster.pcl: PJL encapsulated PostScript document text
>
> The software vendor claims "it is PCL", which perhaps is only half of the
> truth...
>
> The file is gzip'ed attached but can also be seem here (if the
> attachment does not go through the mailing-list):
>
> http://www.unixarea.de/muster.pcl
> http://www.unixarea.de/muster.pdf
>
> The PDF file is a scan of the printer output page. It is anyway if the
> print is done to the network printer as:
>
> $ lpr -Pps -l muster.pcl
> $ lpr -Pps    muster.pcl
> $ netcat printer-ip 9100 < muster.pcl
>
> Which let me think, it is more the fault of the printer; the device is
> a KONICA MINOLTA C360SeriesPS/P and even using its PPD does not help.
>
> How can we print this with CUPS 2.0.3 and what exactly is this type of
> file?
>
> Thanks
>
>         matthias
>
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-Alex