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Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen? Edit: So far I've discovered I ca
by NathanKP 14y ago
Does anyone here know the tool or technique to convert the printer format on his website to human readable format on screen?
Edit:
So far I've discovered I can go to http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/TRUMPETS for example to download a file. Trying to figure out how to read the format at the moment.
Edit #2:
Looks like it is PCL format. I'm trying to find a decent Mac OS X program for converting PCL to image.
Edit #3:
Managed to generate this: http://i.imgur.com/AL9mSLr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AL9mSLr.jpg The quality is horrible though. I see now that some other people have already linked rendered versions in high quality, though.
It was fun trying to figure it out though. :)
- abbot2 14y agoLooks much like printer escape sequences.
- cremno 14y agoGhostPCL: http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gpcldnld.html http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gpcldnld.html
- srl 14y agoIt's HP-PCL. I tried using http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ps/pcl2ps http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ps/pcl2ps, but all I get is a rectangle with the top edge missing.
- itafroma 14y agoOn OS X (Mountain Lion), I used PCL to PDF[1] and got the same output that gabrielgironda got[2]. [1]: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pcltopdf.html http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pcltopdf.html [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5540904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5540904
- NathanKP 14y agoThanks for the link. I'll try it out.