PCLReader Views & Converts PCL & Text into PDF, PDF/A, XPS, TIFF, BMP, PNG, PCX and ASCII Text. Once viewed, a PCL or Text file can be printed to any Windows printer driver. This is useful in when you have a non-LaserJet PCL printer and need to print a Mortgage Loan, Insurance or other form-intensive legacy applications that requires PCL4/5/5e LaserJet printers.

The ASCII text can be extracted from PCL files for data migration. PCLReader is the first commercial quality PCL viewer/converter to be released as FREEWARE.

Major Benefits:

• Print PCL files to any Windows printer driver (DeskJets, GDI, PostScript or PCL XL only printers)
• Convert PCL or Text into PDF, PDF/A, TIFF, PNG and other formats.
• Saves paper by previewing PCL print files before you print them.
• Split PCL files.
• Optimize PCL files

PCLReader is a limited, subset of PageTech´s PCLWorks Program ($89) to showcase what the commercial product can do. PCLWorks program can convert PCL & Text into vector EMF, WMF and PMF formats. It can also convert to various levels of vector/text/raster PDF and PDF/A files. It´s only page volume limitation is a 50,000 pages per 30-day interval. PCLWorks includes the full suite of PCL application developer tools including: Img2PCL, Img2PDF, PCLSplit and PCLCodes.

However, most of PageTech´s business is derived from OEM´s other licensees of its various PCLTool SDK ($495-$5,195) options. SDK page volumes range from 50,000 pages per 30-days to unlimited pages. Options include writing you own .NET code using our API to using our PCLXForm program with it´s custom script programming language for rapid application development, maximum flexibility and extensibility. PageTech has been providing PCL transformation and typeface conversion tools to the software developer marketplace since 1993.