GhostPCL5 FAQ


This page discusses configuration, compilation and running of the  PCL family of products:  GhostPCL5E, GhostPCL5c and GhostPXL.  All of the PCL products use the Ghostscript Graphic Library for graphics, imaging and driver support.  Please see the ghostscript faq for additional information:   Ghostscript FAQ.

1. Character rasterization at low resolution is poor, what do I do?

Use -dTextAlphaBits=4 to enable antialiasing, the default TrueType font scaler does not use hints.
2. PCL and PXL aren't web file formats, how do I web publish  or email them?
Convert to PDF using the pdfwrite2 device
pcl2pdf infile outfile
PCL and PXL conversion to PDF isn't finished ie alpha.
3. PCL to PDF text is at low resolution and not selectable/searchable?
PCL text can actually be raster this will end up as a raster in the pdf file resulting in a low quality non-searchable PDF. This is common with older windows drivers. Choosing a newer driver may output text and fonts resulting in a searchable PDF when converted.
4. Some PCL and PXL files don't convert well to PDF.
Raster logical operations (ROPS)are currently not supportd in pdfwrite2.  More generally pcl to pdf lacks rigorous testing.
5. Where are the binaries?
We do not release binaries, developers are the intended audience.