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JetPCL® Knowledge Base

Browse our Knowledge Base for assistance with JetPCL implementation with sample source code and articles. Also included are a varity of utility programs that may assist with PCL troubleshooting and system testing.

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JetPclVC Visual C/C++ Example source code.

This file includes the source code to the JetPclVC.exe example program that is included in the JetPCL Software Develope   » More

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JetPclVB Visual Basic Example source code.

This file includes the source code to the NEW JetPclVB.exe example program. This source code shows how to use th   » More

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JetPclCS Microsoft C# Example source code.

This file includes Microsoft C# source code which may be used as an example of how the JetPCL Win32 DLL or EXE may be i   » More

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JetPclJV Java Example source code.

This file includes Java source code which may be used as an example of how the JetPCL Win32 EXE may be easily called fr   » More

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JetPclDP Delphi Pascal Example source code.

This file includes Delphi Pascal source code which may be used as an example of how the JetPCL Win32 DLL may be interfa   » More

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JetPclPL Perl Script Example code.

This file includes a Perl script sample which may be used as an example of how the JetPCL Win32 EXE may be called from   » More

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DumpPCL PCL analysis program file.

This program is useful for diagnosing problem PCL files. It creates a text file listing all of the PCL escape codes fou   » More

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TiffDump TIFF tag analysis program file.

This program is useful for finding out what tags are contained in a TIFF file. It creates a text file listing all the t   » More

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What Linux platforms will JetPCL run on?

JetPCL is compiled on a RedHat Intel x86 machine. We expect that it will run on any x86 linux platform that has the   » More

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PclPrint direct LPTx: print utility program.

This file includes PCLPRINT.EXE which is from Tech Know Systems. It is used to send a PCL file directly to the LPT1: o   » More

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How do I use the Win32 DLL in multi-threaded code?

This article is from the Microsoft knowledge base regarding DLL's and how global data in handled on Win32 systems. For m   » More

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What print driver works best with JetPCL?

JetPCL is designed to work with output from any PCL-4, PCL-5 or PCL-5e print driver or application that produces this ty   » More

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How do I know which PCL features are supported?

Refer to the JetPCL User Guide for details on exactly which LaserJet internal fonts and what PCL escape codes are suppor   » More

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What is a JetPCL Developer format?

JetPCL comes in many different formats based on the API and the platform for which it was compiled. There are three poss   » More

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What is needed for a complete JetPCL installation?

A complete JetPCL installation requires many of the data files included with the JetPCL evaluation kit. The evaluation k   » More

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Do I need to use the JETPCL.WID file supplied?

No, this is not a required data file. It is needed only to emulate some of the older LaserJet Cartridge fonts by substit   » More

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Do I need to use the SFT files supplied?

No, these are not required data files. They are needed only to emulate some of the uncommon LaserJet fonts. However, Jet   » More

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How do I use the JetPclVC program?

The JetPCL Software Developer evaluation kit comes with an example program that uses the JetPCL DLL format. This program   » More

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How do I install JetPCL on a UNIX platform?

JetPCL is available for a variety of UNIX platforms. The installation procedure involves uncompressing the download file   » More

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How do I report a JetPCL problem?

A customer can report a problem by simple sending an e-mail to support@techknowsystems.com being sure to include the fol   » More

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Should I pass switches in my code or in a CFG file?

Switches that specify the input and output formats are good to hard code as well as any switches that will never need to   » More

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Which soft font switch options are best?

The soft font switch options are Autoload, IdNames, Permanent, Temporary, and None. They are fully documented JetPCL Use   » More

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What is the most I can know about an error condition?

A full error report from a JetPCL developer format includes 3 separate items. The returned error code by the Child Proce   » More

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Using the Win32 NET command with JetPCL

The Win32 NET command can be used to assign a port to a shared printer (such as JetPCL Document Capture or JetPCL Print   » More

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Tokenization Error - JetPCL ExitCode 2

This error occurs when JetPCL encounters too many invalid PCL escape codes. Normally JetPCL will skip over invalid esca   » More

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Maximum Concurrent Processes - JetPCL ExitCode 8

JetPCL will return ExitCode 8 when there are a maximum number of processes running concurrently. The -wait switch can   » More

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Windows Print Spool Files

Windows Print spool files will have PCL data in them when the print data they contain is intended for an HP LaserJet pr   » More

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How do I change the default JetPCL behavior?

Using the JetPcl.cfg file. All switches in the JetPcl.cfg file are read at the start of JetPCL processing before readin   » More

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How do I change the default JetPCL PCL emulation?

There are two ways to specify the default PCL emulation settings. Using the -Ipcl switch options (in JetPCL v9.5 and   » More

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How do I convert PCL print data into Postscript data?

Using the -Ipcl and -Opst switches. This switch combination will cause JetPCL to read PCL data as input, image it into   » More

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How does JetPCL handle concurrent processing?

Licensing allows for a certain number of concurrent processes. When JetPCL runs, it looks to see if there are other   » More

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Display page images in a Browser based application?

When using JetPCL to generate electronic document images for display in a web browser, there are two recommended me   » More

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Printing from a legacy DOS app to a non-PCL printer?

If you have an old DOS or Windows legacy application (or even a newer Windows application) that will only print on   » More

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How can I convert PDF files to TIFF or other formats?

JetPCL does not accept PDF files as input. However, using a mixture of JetPCL related tools this conversion is pos   » More

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Printing via LPR to JetPCL Document Capture

Microsoft explains the problem well on the link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168457/EN-US/

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