PCL is a format of Printer Command Language Document, whose file is a page layout file. PCL file is a digital printed document created in the Printer Command Language (PCL) page description language describing the layout of text and graphics for the document, which could be originally used by Hewlett-Packard printers in the 1980s and now used by HP LaserJet printers and others widely used but offers fewer features than the PostScript (.PS) format. PCL files can be created from the Windows print dialog by redirecting the print output to a file using a compatible PCL driver. They can also be created in Unix systems by redirecting the printer queue to a file. PCL files can be printed to any HP LaserJet printer by opening the Windows command prompt and typing print file.pcl. However, how to make pcl files from MS Office Word documents? It is not tough since DOC to Any Converter Command Line has been designed. DOC to Any Converter Command Line could help you convert doc to pcl without any error! Also this dreaming converting tool could help you convert doc files to pcl files from each page of doc files to multiple pcl files easily.
Here is the method to convert doc files to pcl files based on different output patterns below:
First, please run the operating environment of DOC to Any Converter Command Line and start DOC to Any Converter Command Line. Thus, at the beginning, to open the running environment, you could choose one of the ways below:
- click “start” button>select “Run”>input “cmd”>click “ok” button, then the command prompt window could be opened
- click the hotkey of “Windows+R” on the keyboard>input “cmd.exe”>click “ok” button, then the dialog box could be popup on the screen of pc
and here is the current directory below:
C:\Documents and Settings\admin>
And in the current directory, you could start DOC to Any Converter Command Line directly, likely, there are 2 ways for you to select to start DOC to Any Converter Command Line:
- input the path of ‘doc2any.exe’ directly to start DOC to Any Converter Command Line
- drag and drop the program of ‘doc2any.exe’ into the command prompt window directly
After the start of DOC to Any Converter Command Line, if you would like to edit the properties of pcl files, the parameters could be inputted behind the path of “doc2any.exe”, and here “<options>” is a represent of any parameters you want to input to set the properties of the targeting files. Then add the source file and prepare the targeting path, which could determine whether the conversion is the single conversion or the batch conversion. Thus, to drag and drop the source file into the command prompt window could be the easiest way to add the source files, and to add the single source file, you could drag and drop it into the command prompt window, but what if we want to add dozens of the source files for the batch conversion? Do not worry, DOC to Any Converter Command Line still could be your effective converter, for the wild card character “*” could be used to replace all of the file names in the conversion, after all of the source files could be collected into the uniform folder or on the same disc. Then, input the targeting path directly, which is also compatible with the wildcard character “*” for the batch conversion, at last, click “enter” to convert doc to pcl based on the single conversion or the batch conversion. And to get the more difference between the single conversion and the batch conversion, please see the examples below separately:
the single conversion:
C:\Documents and Settings\admin>D:\doc2any_cmd\doc2any.exe<space><options><space> D:\f\fall.doc<space>E:\out\fall.pcl<enter>
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<options> must be inputted between the path of “doc2any.exe” and the path of the source file.
the batch conversion:
C:\Documents and Settings\admin>D:\doc2any_cmd\doc2any.exe<space><options><space> D:\f\*.doc<space>E:\out\*.pcl<enter>
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note: the example of the batch conversion could help users convert all of doc files in the folder of “f” to pcl files added into the folder of “out”.
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To convert each page of the doc files into the single targeting files based on the batch conversion, the key point to get the single pcl files from each page of doc files, is to input the percent character “%” behind the targeting file name, here is the example below:
C:\Documents and Settings\admin>D:\doc2any_cmd\doc2any.exe<space><options><space> D:\f\*doc<space>E:\out\*%.pcl<enter>
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Note: the key point to convert doc file to pcl file in batches is to replace all the file names with the wildcard character “*”.
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This is the end to convert doc to pcl and thank you for reading this article!