You can use the application PRN to TIFF Converter Shell for Ubuntu as a professional tool for converting print file PCL, PXL, SPL and PRN to TIFF format image. It is a specially designed application to use on all kinds of Linux systems, including Ubuntu. By using this application, you can set TIFF color depth, size, resolution, etc. It also supports a variety of TIFF compression methods.
For converting PRN to TIFF on Ubuntu Linux system, you need to do as follows:
The first step—Download the application
Please click here to download the application to your computer. For PRN to TIFF Converter Shell for Ubuntu is a packed file when just being downloaded, you need to extract the file to some location. Then it will be available at once and the executable file pcl2tiff is the called program in this conversion.
The second step—Open term
If you want to input the commands to make the conversion on your Ubuntu system, to open term is the necessary step. After that, you can call the called program in it.
The third step—Input the commands
The commands to be inputted into term are like the following one:
./pcl2tiff -i <input file> -o <output file> [option]
Three parts in the commands are requisite: called program, source file and target file. If you want to realize functions for the target file such as customizing size, setting color depth, you can add extra commands. Please see the following example:
./pcl2tiff –i ./A/aa.prn –o ./B/aa.tiff –gw 120 –gh 510 –b 24
In the commands example:
(1) ./pcl2tiff is to call the program file pcl2tiff.
(2) –i ./A/aa.prn is the path of source file.
(3) –o ./B/aa.tiff is the path of target file.
(4) –gw 120 is for setting TIFF width as 120 pixel.
(5) –gh 510 is for setting TIFF height as 510 pixel.
(6) –b 24 is to set color depth for TIFF as 24-bit.
The last step—Run the conversion
If you want to run the conversion from PRN to TIFF, you need to hit "Enter" button at last. Please wait for several seconds until the conversion is over and then you can browse the target file on your computer.