flexfax: Converting PCL to PostScript or TIFF

["Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>]

I'm in the midst of converting my company's SCO Unix 5.0.4 fax server from
DigiFAX to HylaFAX 4.0 and need help with PCL-to-PostScript or PCL-to-TIFF
conversion.

My company's faxed reports are text files with a short PCL5 printer control
string and some PC-8 graphics characters.  This is enough to make SCO's
"file" command identify the file as "data" instead of ASCII, and make
HylaFAX's sendfax command choke with a "Can not determine file type" error.

How can I cleanly convert this file to a fairly high quality fax? I've seen
mention made of a PCL RIP but have no idea what it is.  I do have
GhostScript and its fonts installed.

Thanks,

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Carl Patten
Systems Administrator
Trimodal Inc.