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PCL to TIFF Converter is easy to use, and this page is aim to tell you how to use this tool.

Install and prepare

First, please download tar.gz of PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Mac OS, then extract its content from tar. gz to your computer and run Terminal in your computer. Then, please extract tar.gz of pcl2tiff to current directory.

Input commands

Here is the usage of PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Mac OS:
/Users/svp/Desktop/pcl2tiff/pcl2tiff -i <input file> -o <output file> [option]
This helps you convert a source PCL, PNM, PXL, SPL "<input file>" to a TIFF image "<output file>" of specified properties "[option]" in Terminal.

Supported properties

  -i <string>: Specify input file, mandatory
  -o <string>: Specify output file name, mandatory
  -gw <integer>: Set width in pixel, optional
  -gh <integer>: Set height in pixel, optional
  -r <h>x<v>: Set resolution in DPI, optional
  -b <integer>: Set color depth with number 1, 8 or 24, optional
  -c <integer>: Set compression method for TIFF, optional
     -c 0:           Create TIFF file without compression
     -c 1:           Compress TIFF using packbits arithmetic
     -c 2:           Compress TIFF using Lempel-Ziv-Welch-1
     -c 3:           Compress TIFF using Lempel-Ziv-Welch-2
     -c 4:           Compress TIFF using CCITT Group 3 (1 D)
     -c 5:           Compress TIFF using CCITT Group 3 (2 D)
     -c 6:           Compress TIFF using CCITT Group 4
     -c 7:           Compress TIFF using ZIP
  -faxtif <integer>: Convert normal TIFF to fax TIFF, optional
     -faxtif 0:      YResolution = 98.
     -faxtif 1:      YResolution = 196.
  -$ <string>:   Register this application
         

Note:
1. "-c 3" is invalid when "-b 1" is used.
2. "-c 4", "5" or "6" is invalid when "-b 8" is used.
3. Only "-c 0", "1" or "-c 7" can be used when "-b 24" is used.
4. "-b 1" is invalid for JPEG output.