The application PCL to Fax Converter Shell for Linux is able to convert PCL to Fax TIFF file format easily, which is really helpful when you don't want to fax a paper file to others or you don't have paper at hand. So just faxing the Fax TIFF to others will carry your point. You can see PCL to Fax Converter Shell for Linux as a helper for paperless office which can save cost and promote environmental protection.
If you need to use the application, please download it via clicking here to get the free trial version. You just need to extract the packed file to your computer and then all the components and files will be runnable. The executable file pcl2tiff is the called program in conversion PCL to Fax.
For running the conversion, you need to open the term on your Linux system and then you can input the commands into it. If you don't know how to write the commands, you can input the path of the executable file pcl2tiff in the term and hit "Enter" button to see the usage of PCL to Fax Converter Shell for Linux. The commands you need to refer to is the following one:
./pcl2tiff -i <input file> -o <output file> [option]
In commands, you need to use called program pcl2tiff, source PCL document and target Fax file. To create Fax file, you need to use the option "-faxtif". There is an example below and you can see it as the application of the template above:
./pcl2tiff –i ./pcl/find.pcl –o ./out/find.tiff –faxtif 0
In this example,
./pcl2tif is the path of called program—the executable file pcl2tiff in unpacked package of the
application. –i ./pcl/find.pcl is the path of source PCL document. Please don't forget the option
"-i" before the path. –o ./out/find.tiff is the path of target TIFF file and it needs to be specified by you. Also, the option
"-o" cannot be ignored, either. –faxtif 0 is to set Y-Resolution of Fax Tiff as 98 DPI.
You can also change Y-Resolution of Fax Tiff as 196 DPI when you change the option as "-faxtif 1".
At last, if you want to run the conversion from PCL to Fax, please press "Enter" button on the keyboard.