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How to convert PCL to PDF and rotate pages via command line

2012/09/142012/09/14

With the help of the application EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line, you can easily convert PCL to PDF and rotate pages. This article aims at showing how to do this kind of work. Please continue to read the contents below.

Firstly, please download EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line and install it on your computer. There is an executable file named as pcltool.exe where you install the application and it is the called program for your work.

Secondly, since this application is MS-DOS oriented, you need to open command prompt window in which you can write your commands. Please click hotkey Windows + R at the same time. In the pop-up “Run” dialog box, please type cmd and click the OK button there, and then you can see the MS-DOS interface on your screen.

Thirdly, in the opened MS-DOS interface, please input the file path of pcltool.exe into MS-DOS and hit the Enter button on the keyboard. Then, you can see the description, usage and options of this command line application.

Fourthly, please follow the following command template to write your own commands:

pcltool.exe [options] <pcl-file> [<pdf-file>]

Where parameters:

pcltool.exe:call executive file “pcltool.exe” in order to use this application
[options]:set properties for the target PDF file
<pcl-file>:specify input file
[<pdf-file>]: specify output file

When you need to rotate pages in the PDF file, you will need to use the following command:

pcltool.exe -rotate <int> <pcl-file> [<pdf-file>]

Where “-rotate <int>”can be:

-rotate 90:set the rotate angle in 90
-rotate 180:set the rotate angle in 180
-rotate 270: set the rotate angle in 270

If you still cannot understand the template and options above, please see the example below:

pcltool.exe –rotate 90 c:\input.pcl c:\out.pdf

In this command,

pcltool.exe stands for the called program.
–rotate 90means rotating pages in 90 angles
c:\input.pcl stands for the path of input file
c:\out.pdf stands for the path of output file

Lastly, please hit the Enter button on the keyboard to run the commands. Then, it will convert the PCL file to PDF with the rotate angle you specify.

In the end of this article, if you are interested in EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line, please download the free trial of it via clicking the following button.

Office to PDF Converter

How to convert Office to PDF in unattended mode

2012/09/132012/09/13

The application EEPDF Office to PDF Converter allows you to convert Office Word / Excel / PowerPoint to PDF and set different kinds of parameters for the created PDF document.

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a popular file format that is compatible with any platform, such as Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. EEPDF Office to PDF Converter now offers a “Hot Directories” function to convert Office documents to PDF in an unattended mode. With, it you can convert Word files to PDF, Excel files to PDF and PowerPoint files into PDF.

There are several steps to convert Office files to PDF in unattended conversion mode after downloading EEPDF Office to PDF Converter. Please follow the steps shown below.

1. Please install the application on the computer. After opening the application, you can the main window of application on the screen. Then, please click the Hot Directories Mode button to switch to the “Hot Directories Setting” window as shown below.

This window is for setting the unattended automatic conversion. You can convert Office documents and newly created documents in the specified directories automatically in an unattended mode.

2. To set the directory which contains the Office documents to be converted, you can input the path of the directory in the “Input Directory” input box. You can also click the Browse button beside the input box to specify the directory.

3. Under the “Input Directory” input box, you can check or uncheck the radio button of “Include Sub-Directories” to decide whether to include the sub-directories or not. You can also decide whether to delete the source Office files by checking or unchecking the radio button of “Delete source after converting”.

4. To set the output directory for the converted PDF files, you can input the path of the directory in the “Out Directory” input box. Or click the Browse button beside the input box to choose a directory.

5. You can input a file path in the “Log File Path” input box or click the Browse button beside the input box to choose an output location for the process log file.

6. Please click the Start button at bottom of the interface to start to convert the Office documents to PDF.

This is the end of this article and you can click the following button to free download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter.

Office to PDF Converter

How to convert Office to PDF and watermark PDF

2012/09/122012/09/12

When you need to convert Office to PDF, please have a try of the application EEPDF Office to PDF Converter which is able to convert Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to PDF and make different settings for the PDF document.

What is watermark?

Watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper. It appears as various shades of lightness or darkness when viewed by transmitted light, caused by thickness or density variations in the paper.

Please see the following contents which are about how to use this application to convert Office document to PDF and watermark PDF file.

Firstly, please download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter . After the download, please double click the installer and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer.

Secondly, please open the application and click the Add files button on the interface to add Office files to the processing table. Or click the Add folder button to add a folder containing the documents to be converted.

Thirdly, please click the Setting button in the tool bar at bottom of the interface, and then click the Watermark tab in the pop-up “Option” window. The following snapshot will show up on the screen.

You can customize the watermark that will be added to the PDF. You can set the beginning page, end page, position, font, size color, etc. of the watermark. After the settings, please click the OK button at bottom of the interface to apply these settings.

At last, when going back to the main interface, please click the Convert to PDF And Save As button at bottom of the main interface. In the pop-up “Browse for Folder” window, please choose a folder and click the OK button in the window to start to convert the Office file to PDF and add watermark to the PDF document.

By the way, EEPDF Office to PDF Converter is also able to convert JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TIFF, PCX, TGA, JP2, J2K, JPC, JPX, PBM, PGM, PNM, PPM, PSD, etc. image to PDF. If you are interested in it, please download the free trail version via the following button.

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How to add page numbers to PDF during converting Office to PDF

2012/09/11

EEPDF Office to PDF Converter allows you to add page numbers to PDF during the conversion from Office document to PDF on Windows platforms.

Page number can also be referred as folio, is a sequence of numbers to the pages of a book or other document. Sometimes, the pages are identified not by numbers but by other symbols, like letters: a, b, c, …, z, aa, ab, ac, …, zz. The number may appear in various places on the page,

To convert Office file to PDF with page numbers, please follow the steps shown below.

1. Please download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter, and then install it on the computer by double clicking the installer.

2. After the successful installation, please run the application. Then, please add the Office files via one of the following methods:

Click the Add files button on the interface to choose the source Office files
Click the Add folder button to add a folder to the processing table.
Or use drag-and-drop operation.

3. To insert page numbers into the converted PDF file, please click the Setting button at bottom of the interface, and then click the “Page Number” tab. You will see an interface like the following snapshot.

You can set the page number types, beginning page, end page, position, font, size color, etc. on this interface. To apply the setting, please click the OK button at bottom of the interface, and then it will go back to the main interface.

4. Please click the Convert to PDF And Save As button at bottom of the main interface. When the “Browse for Folder” window pops up, you need to choose a folder and click the OK button in the window.

Then, the application will start to convert the Office file to PDF with page numbers.

This is the end of this article and you can click the following button to free download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter.

Office to PDF Converter

How to convert Office to PDF and set viewer preferences

2012/09/112012/09/11

With the help of the application EEPDF Office to PDF Converter, you can easily convert Office files to PDF and set viewer preferences. This article aims at showing how to do this kind of work. Please continue to read the contents below.

EEPDF Office to PDF Converter is able to convert Office documents and images to PDF and then set different kinds of parameters to the PDF.

In the following paragraphs, you will see how to use this application convert Office files to PDF and set the viewer preferences.

Firstly, please free download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter. Then, please follow the setup wizard to install the application on the computer.

Secondly, after open the GUI interface of the application, please click the Add files button on the interface to add the Office files. You can also click the Add folder button to add a folder to the processing table.

Thirdly, to set the viewer preferences, please click the Setting button at bottom of the GUI interface, and then click the Viewer tab on the opened “Option” window. You can choose whether to show bookmark and thumbnail panel in the “Initial view” drop-down list. You can also set the initial “Magnification” and the firstly displayed page (“Open to page number”). You may as well enable or disable the following options: “Hide Menu Bar”, “Hide Tool Bars”, “Hide Window Controls”, “Fit Window”, “Center Window” and “Full Screen”. After the settings, please click the OK button to apply these settings. Please see it in following snapshot.

Lastly, please click the Convert to PDF And Save As button to start to convert the Office files to PDF. In the pop-up “Browse for Folder” window, please choose a directory folder and click the OK button in the window.

In fact, apart from setting viewer preferences, you can set more useful parameters before converting the added Office documents to PDF files. If you are interested in it, please download EEPDF Office to PDF Converter via the following button.