Re: Converting a *USERASCII spooled file (containing PCL) into a PDF file in the IFS -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Converting a *USERASCII spooled file (containing PCL) into a PDF file in the IFS
From: Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:52:09 -0800
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Apparently there is now a GhostPDL:

"There are a family of other products, including GhostPCL, GhostPDF, and GhostXPS that are built upon the same graphics library. Between them, this family of products offers native rendering of all major page description languages. Our latest product, GhostPDL, pulls all these languages into a single executable."

It's all written in C, but I have no idea if it can be ported to IBM i.

On 11/12/2024 2:21 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello Vern,

Am 12.11.2024 um 19:28 schrieb VERNON HAMBERG Owner via MIDRANGE-L<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Ghostscript is not limited to PostScript - it can do many different conversion types.

Ghostscript cannot process PCL *input*, only PostScript and PDF, which can be seen as PostScript "dialect". It can convert *to* many formats, though.

OP was asking: Is there a way to convert a *USERASCII spooled file (containing PCL) into a PDF file in the IFS?

GhostScript is useless for this purpose.

:wq! PoC

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Re: Converting a *USERASCII spooled file (containing PCL) into a PDF file in the IFS , Vern Hamberg

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