There is a Fedora Linux supported and oriented application named as PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Fedora which is used to convert the print file of PCL to TIFF format image and make changes to the target TIFF image in the conversion procedure. It is an easy-to-use application because you just need to input some simple commands into the term and then you will be able to run the conversion.
So for learning how to make the conversion, you need to do by following 4 steps below.
1. You need to download the extract PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Fedora to your computer at first. Please click here to get the free trial version of the application. For it is a tar.gz file when just being downloaded, you just need to extract it to some location and then It will be runnable instantly.
2. As PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Fedora is a Linux oriented app, to open the term before inputting the commands is necessary and you need to call the executable file pcl2tiff in extracted package of the application.
3. Then please input the commands into term. You need to follow the template illustrated before to write your own one:
./pcl2tiff -i <input file> -o <output file> [option]
For example, you want to convert PCL to TIFF and use the compression method CCITT Group 4 to compress the target TIFF image. So by following the template above, you can write down the commands like the following one:
./pcl2tiff –i ./printable/rect.pcl –o ./image/rect.tiff –c 6
In the commands,
./pcl2tiff is the path of called program. –i ./printable/rect.pcl is the path of source file. –o ./image/rect.tiff is the path of target file. –c 6 is to use compression method CCITT Group 4 CCITT Group 4 to compress TIFF image.
PCL to TIFF Converter Shell for Fedora supports these TIFF compression methods:
-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
4. At last, please press "Enter" button on the keyboard to run the conversion from PCL to TIFF.