VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line is a command line application that can convert print files (PX3, PXL and PCL) to PDF, PS, JPG/JPEG, BMP, TIF/TIFF, etc. What's more, it supports to make different settings for output PDF documents such as edit PDF property, rotate PDF pages, encrypt PDF, add bookmarks and barcodes to PDF, etc. It also allows you to set resolution and color depth for the output bitmap file (JPEG, BMP, TIF, etc.). The following contents will show you how to use this command line application.
Download and install
Download the installer of VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line. After the download, please double click the setup file and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer. In the installed folder, you can see an executable file named pcltool.exe which is the called program.
Usage
1. Open MS-DOS command prompt window so that you can call this program and input commands.
2. Input commands in the MS-DOS command prompt window. To know how to input the commands, you can refer to the following command line template.
pcltool [options] <pcl-file> [<pdf-file>]
Where:
pcltool : call the program
[options] : set output options such as PDF property, PDF passwords, image size, image resolution, etc. for the output PDF or image file
<pcl-file> : specify the source PCL file
[<pdf-file >]: specify the output PDF document or image file
If you don't understand the above command line template, maybe the following examples will help you.
If you want to convert a PX3/PXL/PCL print file to PDF and set PDF properties such as title, author, etc., you can use the following options: -producer <string>, -creator <string>, -subject <string>, -title <string> and -author <string>.
For example,
pcltool.exe -subject "subject" C:\in.pcl C:\out.pdf
This example is to convert a PCL file to PDF and set PDF subject as "subject".
If you need to convert a PX3/PXL/PCL print file to encrypted PDF, you can use the following options: -keywords <string>, -openpwd <string>, -ownerpwd <string>, -keylen <int> and -encryption <int>.
For example,
pcltool.exe -ownerpwd owner -keylen 2 -encryption 3900 C:\in.pcl C:\out.pdf
This example is to convert a PCL file to PDF and set PDF owner password as owner, key length as 128 bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 6 or higher) and deny anything such as modifying, copying, printing, etc.
If you want to convert a PX3/PXL/PCL print file to a PDF document with bookmarks, you can use the option: -bookmark <int>.
For example,
pcltool.exe -bookmark 3 C:\in.pxl C:\out.pdf
This example is to convert a PXL file to PDF and use short filename without suffix as the PDF bookmarks.
You can also convert a PX3/PXL/PCL print file to image and customize the image size and image resolution by using the following options: -width <int>, -height <int>, -xres <int> and -yres <int>.
For example,
pcltool.exe -width 800 -height 600 C:\in.pcl C:\out.bmp
pcltool.exe -xres 200 -yres 200 C:\in.pcl C:\out.jpg
The first example is to convert a PCL file to BMP image and set page width as 800 and page height as 600 for the BMP image.
The second example is to convert a PCL file to JPG image and set X resolution as 200 and Y resolution as 200 for the JPG image.
To know more usage or options about this command line application, you can download the free trial version of VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line and install it on the computer. Then, in the MS-DOS command prompt window, please input the path of the executable file named doc2pdf.exe and hit Enter button on the keyboard.
To get full version of this command line application, you can buy VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line here.
Options
VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line supports the following options:
-width <int> : Set page width to image file
-height <int> : Set page height to image file
-xres <int> : Set X resolution to image file
-yres <int> : Set Y resolution to image file
-bitcount <int> : Set color depth for image conversion
-rotate <int> : Rotate pages, 90, 180, 270
-view : View PDF file after creation
-producer <string>: Set 'producer' to PDF file
-creator <string>: Set 'creator' to PDF file
-subject <string>: Set 'subject' to PDF file
-title <string> : Set 'title' to PDF file
-author <string> : Set 'author' to PDF file
-keywords <string>: Set 'keywords' to PDF file
-openpwd <string> : Set 'open password' to PDF file
-ownerpwd <string>: Set 'owner password' to PDF file
-keylen <int> : Key length (40 or 128 bit)
-keylen 0 : 40 bit RC4 encryption
-keylen 1 : 128 bit RC4 encryption
-keylen 2 : 128 bit RC4 encryption
-encryption <int> : Restrictions
-encryption 0 : Encrypt the file only
-encryption 3900 : Deny anything
-encryption 4 : Deny printing
-encryption 8 : Deny modification of contents
-encryption 16 : Deny copying of contents
-encryption 32 : No commenting
-bookmark <int> : Create bookmark to PDF file
-bookmark 1 : Use short filename as bookmarks
-bookmark 2 : Use full filename as bookmarks
-bookmark 3 : Use short filename without suffix as bookmarks
-mergepdf <string> : Merge two PDF files into one PDF file
-mergepdf "file1|file2|file3|..." : Merge several PDF files into one
-mergepdf "C:\filelist.txt" : Merge PDF files from a .txt file
-mergepdf "C:\*.pdf": Merge PDF files into one PDF file
-burstpdf <string> : Burst PDF file into single page PDF files
-noempty : Delete empty pages from PDF file
-raster : Convert PCL file to Raster PDF file
-quality <int> : Set quality for JPEG
-colorimg <int> : Set compression method for color image
-colorimg 0 : no change compression for color image file
-colorimg 1 : compress color image file with JPEG arithmetic
-colorimg 2 : compress color image file with JPEG2000 arithmetic
To know more options, please use the user manual of VeryPDF PCL Converter Command Line.
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