Re: flexfax: Converting PCL to PostScript or TIFF

[Keith Gray <kapgray@ocean.com.au>]

Carl Patten wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

If your workstations are M$ you could just use WHFC and a Postscript
Printer Driver

Keith
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