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Mac Software Store—PCL to PNG Converter

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“I have a lot of pcl files created from Windows application by “printing to file” with a Laser Jet-compatible printer, but when I transferred them to my Mac computer, I found they are cannot be opened for some unknown reasons. How to convert PCL files to PNG with clear and crisp quality on Mac OS X? Any ideas?”—asked by Mark

PCL (Printer Command Language) is a file format that is used to save files from printer spooler in hard disk, which is widely used for printers but not commonly accepted by common applications. So we often need to convert the pcl files to other popular formats. PNG (Portable Network Graphics), a common image file, is widely used for web graphics, which can be opened Apple Preview or Safari, etc. Therefore, it is wise choice to convert the PCL files to PNG images when your Mac computer cannot recognize the PCL files.

I had met the same case with Mark before, I did it like this.

I searched “how to convert the PCL files to PNG” on google to find a tool. But to my disappointment, there were few tools that can be used to convert pcl to png images. Then, I strolled some page and found PCL to Image Converter for Mac. Since there was no other choice, I decided to give it a try.

I downloaded and installed PCL to Image Converter for Mac  in to Mac OS X computer. Then I followed the user guide of PCL to Image Converter for Mac ( it had a link on its homepage)

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  • Firstly, I clicked Add File (s) to add the PCL files.
  • Secondly, I selected PNG as target format from “Convert to” spin box after opening the Setting dialog box by clicking Setting button.
  • Thirdly, I checked Resize Page and inputted the width and height value in “Page Size (Pixel)” edit boxes to set page size, checked Reset Resolution and input horizontal and vertical resolution in “Resolution (DPI)” edit boxes to customize image resolution, and selected image color depth from “Color Depth” spin box. Then, I clicked OK button to enact the settings as the user guide described.

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  • Lastly, I selected an output location and clicked Convert to.

After finished all the operations, I opened the PNG image on my Mac OS X computer. Extremely clear!

I was so satisfied with the result so I wanted to recommend this professional and easy-to-use PCL to image tool that specifically designed for Mac users to batch convert print file such as PCL, PXL, SPL, etc. to image formats such as BMP, PNG, TIFF, etc to all of you!

If you want to know the details about how to convert pcl to png on Mac OS X with PCL to Image Converter for Mac, you can contact their support team support@imagepdf.com

Image to PDF Converter

How to convert image to PDF and add PDF watermark by command line?

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To convert image to PDF file and add watermark for created PDF document is not a difficulty if you have the command line application ImagePDF Image to PDF Converter as the tool.

Image to PDF Converter is a Windows Application which can directly convert image files (TIF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, WMF, EMF, PDF, PCX, PIC, etc.) to PDF files.

To use Image to PDF Converter, please click here to download the ZIP file and extract it to some suitable location of your computer. As the program is a MS-DOS oriented application, you need to open MS-DOS interface by clicking Start—Run and inputting cmd in Open combo box of the popup window, then click OK button.

If you don’t know how to use the program, please drag the executable file img2pdf.exe to MS-DOS interface and click Enter button to see its usage which is like the one shown below:

img2pdf [options] <Image-file> [<PDF-file>]

There are several successfully run command line examples written according to the usage template. The first example is to convert image to PDF file only without setting any parameters.

convert image to PDF

Figure 1

The command line is

"C:\Program Files\img2pdf\img2pdf.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\demo\bmp\PH02074U.BMP" C:\test.pdf

in which

  • "C:\Program Files\img2pdf\img2pdf.exe"  is the path of called program img2pdf.exe.
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\demo\bmp\PH02074U.BMP" is the path of source file.
  • C:\test.pdf is the path of target file.

The following example is to convert image to PDF and add PDF watermark.

convert image to PDF and set PDF watermark

Figure 2

The command line is

"C:\Program Files\img2pdf\img2pdf.exe" -wtext "ImagePDF" -wx 100 -wy 100 "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\demo\bmp\PH02074U.BMP" C:\test.pdf

in which

  • "C:\Program Files\img2pdf\img2pdf.exe" -wtext "ImagePDF" is the path of img2pdf.exe.
  • -wx 100 is to set X offset of watermark as 100
  • -wy 100 is to set Y offset of watermark as 100
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\demo\bmp\PH02074U.BMP" is the path of source file.
  • C:\test.pdf is the path of target file.

To run the conversion from image to PDF document, please hit Enter button on your keyboard. Then you just need to wait until the conversion is over. Please click here to learn more about the program Image to PDF Converter.

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Mac PDF to Image Converter: Convert PDF to BMP on Mac OS X

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Still plagued by the problem of converting pdf to bmp on Mac OS X? Do not worry! With this article, your plague will disappear!

pdf to bmpBoth PDF documents and BMP images are widely used in our daily life, but they are used for different purposes. PDF (Portable Document File) is a commonly used file for sharing on the internet. BMP (Bitmap) is a standard uncompressed image made up of a grid of pixels of alternating colors, which can be used in word processing, presentation, and desktop publishing software while PDF file can’t and usually you have to use a PDF reader to open it if you want to vie it. So it’s not surprising that you may often need to convert PDF files to BMP images.

To make BMP images from PDF on Mac OS X, the tools we need include:
* PDF files
* PDF to Image Converter for Mac –a quick, simple and user-friendly PDF to image tool that specifically designed for Mac users to batch convert PDF files to BMP images and other popular image formats such as JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, TGA and PPM with perfect output quality and amazing conversion speed.

Now download and install PDF to Image Converter for Mac to begin the conversion!

Guide: 3 steps to convert PDF to BMP image

  • Step1:Add PDF documents—Click Add to add your PDF files.
  • Step2: Settings—Choose or customize the resolution in DPI for the output BMP image in “Resolution” spin box. Choose color depth for BMP image from “Color Depth” spin box. Check “Invert Color” to invert color for BMP image.Check “Antialias Text” or “Antialias Vector” to make PDF smoother.

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  • Step3:Specify output folder and convert—Choose a destination folder for the BMP image, and then click Convert to start converting pdf to bmp. Check “Show output folder when conversion is finished” to preview the effects.

With this cool Mac PDF to image converter, no matter you are novice or veteran, its intuitive and user-friendly interface makes converting pdf to bmp on Mac OS X as easy as ABC. You can easily and freely view PDF eBooks in pictures on Mac without PDF reader.

Free trial is available! Do not hesitate now! Download PDF to Image Converter for Mac and experience more by yourself!

To know more about it, please feel free to leave your comments below or write to support@imagepdf.com, we will reply you at first time!

Image to PDF Converter

Convert image to PDF and edit PDF description

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With the help of the command line program ImagePDF Image to PDF Converter, you can easily convert image to PDF document and set different kinds of parameters for created PDF document. For example, you can set PDF resolution, edit PDF description, etc. In the following contents, you will see how to use this command line application to make the conversion.

At first, please download Image to PDF Converter by clicking this link and there is no need to install it. Just a simple extraction will help you get the command line program. Open MS-DOS interface and drag the executable file pdf2img.exe and drop it into the interface, hit Enter button to see its usage. Then you can start to convert image to PDF document and edit PDF description according to the usage template.

img2pdf [options] <Image-file> [<PDF-file>]

For your better understanding the usage template, there are some command line examples below for your reference:

  1. img2pdf.exe C:\in.jpg C:\out.pdf
  2. img2pdf.exe –dpi 500 C:\input.tif C:\output.pdf
  3. img2pdf.exe –producer ImagePDF –creator Nancy –title Article –keywords Description C:\input.bmp C:\output.pdf

The first example is to convert the image of JPG to PDF document without setting any parameters. The second example is to set PDF resolution as 500 dpi in the conversion from image to PDF. The last example is to edit PDF description when convert image to PDF.

There is a successfully run command line shown in Figure 1.

convert image to PDF and edit PDF description

Figure 1

Please see the original image and converted PDF document in Figure 2. Then see the edited PDF description in Figure 3.

comparision between original image and target PDF

                                                                            Figure 2

description of target PDF file

                                                                          Figure 3

If you are satisfied with the conversion from image to PDF result, you can purchase ImagePDF Software Image to PDF Converter as your tool by entering its homepage. If you have any other questions about this application, please bring up your problems to our support team.
Image to PDF OCR Converter

Convert scanned image to searchable PDF with Image to PDF OCR Converter

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ImagePDF Image to PDF OCR Converter is capable of converting scanned image to searchable PDF document with the embedded OCR technology. It is a kind of command line application which can realize different kinds of functions when you make the conversion.

Please download Image to PDF OCR Converter by clicking here and there is no need any installation steps except extracting the ZIP file to some location of your computer. Then you will be able to use the program to convert scanned image to searchable PDF document at once. The executable file pdf2imgocr.exe is the called program in the conversion.

If you don’t know how to use this command line application, please drag the file image2pdfocr.exe to MS-DOS interface and hit Enter button to see its usage like the snapshot shown in Figure 1. usage of Image to PDF OCR Conveter command line

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If you want to write the command line, you need to refer to the following template:

img2pdf [options] <Image-file> [<PDF-file>]

There are some examples for your reference to convert scanned image to searchable PDF document.

img2pdfocr.exe –ocr -width 612 -height 792 C:\in.tif C:\out.pdf

img2pdfocr.exe –ocr -mergepdf "C:\1.pdf|C:\2.pdf|C:\3.pdf" C:\out.pdf

img2pdfocr.exe –ocr C:\*.tif C:\*.pdf

In the first example, you can convert scanned TIF image to searchable PDF document with the option –ocr and also set the PDF page size as 612x792 by the option –width and –height.

In the second example, the command line program merge all converted searchable PDF document together with the option –mergepdf.

In the third example, the program convert scanned image to searchable PDF document in batches with the help of the option –ocr and wildcard.

At last, please hit Enter button to run the conversion. There are more information about the program Image to PDF OCR Converter and you can click here to enter its homepage to learn more features and functions about it.