existence of "pcl2text"??

[Peter L. Peres]

> Does anyone know whether a "pcl2text" utility exists?  (PCL is a printer
> language developed by HP for their LaserJet product line, similar to
> postscript.)

There is no such thing. PCL does not include any text characters if the
printout was graphical. You have to render it and then scan it and use OCR
on it or something like that. There are some PCL winprinters that don't
even have a character generator inside. PCL simply sends bitmaps with some
color control and carriage and paper transport control sequences.

Peter
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