PCL Viewer required

[Peter Gordon]

Anybody know of a utility which will allow me to
view PCL files on my monitor. I run winXP

Thanks

 

[Gerard Bok]

Anybody know of a utility which will allow me to
view PCL files on my monitor. I run winXP

Showpcl and dumppcl come to mind.
Not sure about XP.
And too lazy to test it.
But as they are both freeware, what keeps you from trying for
yourself ?

 

[Peter Gordon]

(e-mail address removed) (Gerard Bok) wrote in @news.fiberworld.nl:

Showpcl and dumppcl come to mind.
Not sure about XP.

Thanks Gerard

 

[Peter Gordon]

(e-mail address removed) (Gerard Bok) wrote in @news.fiberworld.nl:

Showpcl and dumppcl come to mind.
Not sure about XP.
And too lazy to test it.
But as they are both freeware, what keeps you from trying for
yourself ?

OOps, I didn't state my request properly.
I want a utility which will allow me to view
a PCL file as it would appear if I printed it.

Both showpcl and dumppcl dis-assemble the file
and output a text file which displays the HP
escape codes.

 

[Peter Gordon]

Anybody know of a utility which will allow me to
view PCL files on my monitor. I run winXP

Thanks

Hope you get an easier method than this.
In the ghostscript library (in gs7.04\lib)
are utilities for converting pdf to postscript
and pdf to postscript. You could convert the
pdf file to postscript and then convert it back
to a lower level of pdf.

Read the Gostscript licence. In essence, it is
free for non-comercial use. It's an excellent
program, but the documentation is a nightmare.

 

[Gerhard Hofmann]

Anybody know of a utility which will allow me to
view PCL files on my monitor. I run winXP

Thanks

Maybe this one?
http://www.swiftview.com/

Regards
Gerhard

 

[Peter Gordon]

Maybe this one?
http://www.swiftview.com/

Regards
Gerhard

I tried that one. In spite of the claims, it is
payware. <g>

Thanks,

 

[Gerard Bok]

Maybe this one?
http://www.swiftview.com/

I doubt if $ 895 (for a single user license) qualifies as
freeware.