If you want to convert the print file like PCL, PXL, PRN, etc. to image like BMP, TIFF, PNG, etc. on your Mac OS X system, you can use the tool PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X to help you. It is really a powerful and easy-to-use application which can set different kinds of parameters for target file. By using this app, you can also convert the document of PCL to Fax TIFF which is a kind of faxable file.
Please download the application if you want to use it. To set up PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X on your Macintosh, you just need to double click the installer and then follow the installation wizard popping up on your screen. When the installation procedure is over, you can double click the application icon to open it and please see the main interface of PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X in Figure 1.
Figure 1
In this friendly interface, you can see there is a file list and some buttons. The file list is used to list all the documents to be converted. If you need to add PCL into the file list, please click Add File (s) button for opening the file picker window which enables you to choose the document you need and add them into PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X. But if you mistakenly add some file, you can delete it from the file list by clicking Remove button. If you need to clear the file list, please click Clear button.
For converting PCL to Fax, you need to click Setting button to open Setting dialog box which is shown in Figure 2. To create Fax TIFF, the first thing you need to do in this dialog box is to choose .tif as output format in Convert to spin box for activating Set TIFF group box. Then please choose one Fax TIFF format in Fax TIFF spin box such as Faxable TIFF Class (DPI: 204x 98). Then other parameters will not work. After that, please click OK button to continue the work.
Figure 2
PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X also supports to convert PCL to other kinds of image formats such as BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, etc. You can also use the same way to make the conversion. In the conversion procedure, you are able to set the page size by checking Resize Page option, specify the image resolution by checking Reset Resolution option and specify the color depth in Color Depth spin box.
For running the conversion from PCL to Fax, you need to input the path for target file in Output Folder text box of PCL to Fax Converter for Mac OS X and then click Convert button.