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The command line application EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line allows you to edit color depth during converting PXL/PCL to image.

Color depth, also called bit depth, is the number of bits that indicates the color of a single pixel in a bit-mapped image or video frame buffer. The higher color depth, the broader the range of distinct colors is. PXL and PCL are two formats of print files widely used in print jobs. However, it’s hard to open them with many common applications. To overcome this difficulty, you can convert PXL/PCL print files to images which can be opened by common applications.

EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line is powerful application that can convert PXL/PCL to PDF and images (JPEG, PostScript, TIFF, BMP, etc.). In addition, it allows you to make different settings for the converted PDF and set color depth, image size, image resolution, etc. for the created images.

Just by following the steps below, you can successfully convert PXL/PCL print files to images with a specific color depth.

1. Download and install

Please click the following button to download the installer of this software.

After the download, please double click the installer and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer. After the installation, you will find an executable file named pcltool.exe which is the called program.

2. Input commands

Please open the MS-DOS command prompt window in which you can input command line at first. Then, please refer to the following command line template to input your commands.

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

In the above command line template:

• pcltool: call the program
• [options]: set options for the output PDF
• <pcl-file>: specify the source PCL file
• [<image-file >]: specify the target image

To set color depth for the output PDF file, you can use the option–bitcount <int>.

For example,

pcltool.exe –bitcount 24 C:\in.pcl C:\out.png

This example is to convert PCL to PNG image and set the color depth as 24 bits.

At last, please hit Enter button on the keyboard to run the commands.

Several seconds later, you can get your desired image file in the location you specify.

This is the end of this article and you can get full version of EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line here.

With the help of EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line, you can convert PXL/PCL to image of specific image resolution/DPI.

PCL (Printer Control Language) and PXL are popular print file format use in printing jobs. Image resolution is the density of the pixels consisting of the image. DPI (Dots Per Inch) is the amount and spacing of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black dot, which is one way to measure image resolution.

EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line is a command line application that can not only convert PXL/PCL to PDF and make different settings for the converted PDF, but also can convert PXL/PCL to various images (JPEG, PostScript, TIFF, BMP, etc.) and set image resolution, image size, color depth, etc. for the created images.

With some simple steps, you can convert PXL/PCL print files to images and customize the image X and Y resolution.

1. Download and install

At first, please free download this software and install via clicking the button below.

Then, please double click the EXE file and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer. After the installation, you will see an executable file named pcltool.exe and other components in the installed folder.

2. Open MS-DOS command prompt window

To open the MS-DOS command prompt window in which you can input command line, you can click Start and then click Run or hit the two hotkeys-"Window"+ "R" at the same time to open "Run" dialog box. Then, please input cmd in "Open" edit box and click OK button.

3. Input commands

In the MS-DOS command prompt window, please follow the command line template below to input your commands:

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

In this command line template:

• pcltool: call the program
• [options]: set options
• <pcl-file>:specify the input PCL file
• [<image-file >]: specify the output image

To set the image X or Y resolution, you can use the following two options:

• -xres <int>:set X resolution to image
• -yres <int>: set Y resolution to image

For example,

pcltool.exe -xres 400 -yres 600 C:\in.pcl C:\out.jpg

This example is to convert PCL file to JPG image, and set the X resolution as 400 and Y resolution as 600.

After that, please hit the Enter button on the keyboard to run your commands.

Then, you can get your target image in the specified location.

This is the end of this article and you can get full version of EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line here.

This article is mainly about how to convert PXL/PCL to image and change image size with EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line.

PCL (Printer Control Language) and PXL print file are widely used in printing jobs. But it’s hard to open them with many common applications. To cope with this issue, you can convert PXL/PCL print files to images that can be opened by common applications.

EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line is a professional and powerful command line application. With it, you can convert PRN/PXL/PC3/PCL to PDF and make different settings for the converted PDF. With it, you can also convert PRN/PXL/PC3/PCL print files to images (JPEG, PS, TIFF, BMP, etc.) and customize image size, image resolution, color depth, etc. for the converted images.

Only in some simple steps, you can successfully convert PRN/PXL/PC3/PCL files to images with a specific image size. Please continue to read the steps shown below:

Step 1. Download and run

Please download the package of this application and then install it on the computer. In the installed package, you see an executable file named pcltool.exe which is the called program in DOS command prompt window.

Step 2. Input commands

Please open the DOS command prompt window in which you can input commands. To convert PCL file to image of a specific image size, please refer to the following command line template to input your commands in the command prompt window:

                       pcltool.exe -width <int> -height <int> <pcl-file> [<image-file >]

In the above command line template,

pcltool.exe：is to call the program

-width <int>：is to specify image width

-height <int>：is to specify image height

<pcl-file>：is to specify the input file

[<image-file >]：is to specify the output image

For example,

                               pcltool.exe –width 600 -height 500 C:\in.pcl C:\out.jpg

This example is to convert a PCL file to a jpg image file, and set the image width as 600 and image height as 500.

Step 3. Run

To run the commands, please press the Enter button on the keyboard. Then, it will convert the PCL file to the image of the image size you specify.

Several seconds later, you can get the target images in specified location.

This is the end of this article and you can get full version of EEPDF PCL to PDF Converter Command Line here.