EMF to PCL Conversion

Question

2.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

.NET3.5

Hi,

I have a requirement to convert EMF file to PCL. I have read all the record types from EMF file. How can I transform the EMF records to corresponding PCL format (I have some idea about the PCL commands, but don't know much about the relation between values in EMF and PCL?

For example, consider the EMF record type "EMR_EXTTEXTOUTW", I know the X & Y coordinates, font used, character spacing etc. How can I convert these XY coordinate to corresponding position in PCL? What are the factors(destination resolution, pagesize etc) should I consider for converting these parameters. If possible, please give a code snippet.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 30-May-13 3:46am

Renjith.K.C

Add a Solution

Comments

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-May-13 10:48am

Do you mean this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language?

I wonder why? to make it bound to HP printers forever?

—SA

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-05-30T09:24:00

Although I can not figure out the purpose of this, I suggest you a pretty much simpler approach: install a PCL printer and set it up to file, than use regular printing to print the emf graphics to that printer. And you get the pcl output from emf. Or you could use a tool like this: http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/formats/image-formats.htm[^].