VeryDOC Knowledge Base

How to convert SPL file (Windows Spooling File Format) to PDF file?

2013/12/07

Hi,

My Company has developed an PrintManagement Software. We get information from Windows Spooler.

I was looking into the "PCL Page Counter SDK" and I have a question.

Can I save a copy of a document sent to a printer (an PCL or PS or SPL, etc.) and convert it to PDF, so the IT administrator can really see what end users have printed?

Can I do that with "PCL Page Counter SDK" ?

Thanks
Customer
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Thanks for your message, "PCL Page Counter SDK" hasn't an option to convert spooling jobs to PDF files, however, you can use following products to finish this task,

1. Use VeryPDF PCL Converter to convert PCL Print Jobs to PDF files,

http://www.verypdf.com/app/pcl-converter/index.html

2. Use VeryDOC Postscript to PDF Converter to convert Postscript Print Jobs to PDF files,

https://www.verydoc.com/ps-to-pdf.html

We hoping above products will useful to you, you may download them from our website to try.

VeryDOC
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Hello,

Well, I will try to explain what we need, and you can see if you guys can help us.
Actually our Page Accounting Software do the following steps:

1- Pauses every job sent to windows spool
2- Retrieves some information from windows spooler (username, document name, number of pages, etc.)
3- "Ask" to the database if the current user has rights to Print (quota, permissions of printing in a specific printer, etc.)
4- If user has rights, than the system resumes the job, if not, the system deletes the job from the spool.

We need to add a functionality to our system, the possibility of save the job to see what users have printed. We have implemented a routine that saves the job in SPL extension (*.SPL) and I have adapted a SPL Viewer made in Visual Basic to see the content of the SPL file... turns out that many SPL files cannot be seen by this SPL Viewer, so we think of using an external plugin to transform the SPL file in PDF... the question is, will VeryPDF
PCL Converter and VeryDOC Postscript to PDF do this? They can transform SPL files (Windows Spool files ) in PDF ?

Thanks!
Customer
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Thanks for your message, SPL is just a common name, in fact, SPL is contain PCL, Postscript, EPS, SPL-EMF and RAW formats, a SPL file may also combined by several of above formats, e.g., a SPL file may contain both PCL and PS two formats.

VeryPDF has following technologies,

1. Convert PCL file to PDF file by our PCL Converter application,

https://www.verydoc.com/pcl-converter.html

2. Convert Postscript file (or EPS file) to PDF file by our PS to PDF Converter application,

https://www.verydoc.com/ps-to-pdf.html

3. Convert SPL-EMF file to PDF file by our custom-build application (SPL-EMF to PDF Converter Command Line), we haven't a ready software to convert SPL-EMF file to PDF file yet, but if you need this software, we can develop it to you at additional development cost,

4. The RAW format is a special binary data format which used by some special printer only, the most printers are not use this data format.

5. Complex SPL format which contain both PCL and PS formats, we haven't a ready software to support this type of SPL file yet, but we can develop a software to parse/convert this type of SPL file to PDF file, for example, we can extract each page from this complex SPL file, convert them to single page PCL and PS files, one page per PCL or PS file, and convert these PCL and PS files to PDF files one by one, after that, we will use our PDF Merger technology combine these single PDF files into one single PDF file again, the final PDF file will contain all contents of your Complex SPL file.

Please feel free to let us know if you are interest in above solutions.

VeryDOC

DOC to Any Converter

How can I create a PDF from an Excel, a doc without MS Office installed?

2013/12/062013/12/06

When you need to create a PDF from an Excel, word file without MS Office installed, maybe you can have a free trial of VeryDOC DOC to Any Converter. This software is command line version and it has been updated to version 3.5. By the latest version, you can create PDF from word, Excel without MS Office, OpenOffice installed.

When you you need to create a PDF from word, Excel by this software, you can convert Excel or word to PDF first and then append the other file at the beginning or the end of the PDF file. The whole process could be done without MS Office installed. Please check more information of this software on homepage, in the following part, I will show you how to use this software.

Step 1. Free download DOC to Any Converter.

As this software is command line Window version software, we have compressed it to zip file. When downloading finishes, you need to unzip it and then find the executable file in extracted folder.
Please note this function could be done by the older version if you have MS Office installed. If you use the latest version of this software, you do not need to install MS Office or OpenOffice.

Step 2. Create PDF from word, Excel.

When using this software, please refer to its usage and examples.
Here is the usage for your reference: DOC2Any [options] <in-file> [<out-file>]
When create one PDF from word, Excel, please refer to the following command line templates:

doc2any.exe -nooffice -append 0"C:\test.doc" "C:\out.pdf"
By this command line, we can create PDF from doc file and append it to an existing PDF file and overwrite if PDF file exists.
doc2any.exe -nooffice -append 1 "C:\test.docx" "C:\out.pdf"
By this command line, we can append docx file to an existing PDF at the beginning of the PDF without MS Office installed.
doc2any.exe -nooffice -append 2 "C:\test.xls" "C:\out.pdf"
doc2any.exe -nooffice -append 3"C:\test.xlsx" "C:\out.pdf"
Same with the first two command line, just notifying that this software supports all version MS Office files.

Now let us check related parameter explanation:
-append <int> :
    -append 0          : Overwrite if PDF file exists
    -append 1          : Insert before first page if PDF file exists
    -append 2          : Append to last page if PDF file exists
    -append 3          : Rename filename if PDF file exists
-nooffice: this option help you ignore MS Office and OpenOffice applications completely, when this option is used, doc2any.exe will use ourself's document render engine to parse DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODS formats, and convert them to other formats (PDF, HTML, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, etc.), the conversion speed will be the fast.

By this software and this method, we can create PDF from word, Excel easily. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

DOC to Any Converter

How to put Word+Text+PDF Files together in 1 PDF File?

2013/12/052013/12/05

Question:I wrote text in Microsoft Word. I also have a PDF file. I want to put both documents together in one PDF file. First the written word text, then following the PDF pages. Is there any software for that? Maybe free software or free trial? Is there a solution on VeryDOC?

Answer: When you need to put word, text and PDF file together to one PDF file, maybe you can have a free trial of VeryDOC DOC to Any Converter, by which you can convert word, text file to PDF easily by command line and during the conversion, you can append the converted PDF file from word and text to the existing PDF file. By this method, you can put word, text and PDF file together. As this software is command line version, you can use it together with other applications like Visual Basic, C/C++, Delphi, ASP, PHP, C#, .NET, etc. Please check more information of this software on homepage, in the following part, I will show you how to use this software.

Step 1. Free download DOC to Any Converter Command Line.

Recently this software has been updated to the Version 3.5, which is totally independent from MS Office or OpenOffice.
By the older version of this software, you still can fulfill this function of putting word, text and PDF file together.
When downloading finishes, there will be a zip file. Please extract it to some folder then you can find the executable file and call it from MS Dos Windows.

Step 2. Put word, text and PDF file together.

When you use this software, please refer to its usage and example.
Here is the usage for your reference:DOC2Any [options] <in-file> [<out-file>]
When put word, text and PDF file together, please refer to the following command line templates:

doc2any.exe -append 2 -width 612 -height 792 C:\*.doc C:\out.pdf
By this command line, we can merge all word file in some directory to one existing PDF file and specify width and height.
doc2any.exe -append 2 C:\*.txt C:\out.pdf
By this command line, we can merge all text file in some directly to one existing PDF file at the end of the PDF.
doc2any.exe -append 1 C:\in.doc C:\out.pdf
By this command line, we can insert word file at the beginning of some existing PDF file.

Now let us check related parameters:

-append <int> :
    -append 0          : Overwrite if PDF file exists
    -append 1          : Insert before first page if PDF file exists
    -append 2          : Append to last page if PDF file exists
    -append 3          : Rename filename if PDF file exists

So by this software and this method, you can put word, text and PDF file together in one PDF file. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

PostScript to Image Converter

The difference between ps2image.exe and ps2img.exe applications

2013/12/052013/12/05

VeryDOC Postscript to Image Converter Command Line is contain two versions of EXE applications, ps2img.exe and ps2image.exe, ps2img.exe is an old version, ps2image.exe is the newer version, in most case, ps2image.exe is work better than ps2img.exe application.

VeryDOC is using disk cache technology in ps2image.exe application, so ps2image.exe can convert any size PS file to any size image file, include TIFF, JPEG, PNG, etc., for example, you can use ps2image.exe to convert a PS file to TIFF file at 2000 DPI, 4000 DPI, 10000 DPI or more, the generated TIFF file size may become 1GB or more, this feature is great useful for high quality painting propose.

Please refer to the difference of their command line options at below,

E:\>E:\ps2img\ps2image.exe
VeryDOC Postscript to Image Converter Command Line v2.0
Web: http://www.verypdf.com
Web: https://www.verydoc.com
Email: support@verypdf.com
Build: Jul 25 2013
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Key features in PS to Image Converter:
   Convert postscript files to various image formats.
   Use disk cache to render postscript to image files at any resolution.
   Various compression arithmetic for output TIFF files.
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Usage: ps2image.exe [options] [Options] <PS Files>
-f <int>        : first page to print, from 1 to max page
-l <int>        : last page to print, from 1 to max page
-r <int>        : set resolution when render ps to image files
-c <string>     : set compression method to generated TIFF files
    -c lzw           : Compress TIFF using LZW arithmetic
    -c packbit       : Compress TIFF using packbits arithmetic
    -c g3            : Compress TIFF using CCITT G3 arithmetic
    -c g4            : Compress TIFF using CCITT G4 arithmetic
-b <int>        : set bitcount when render ps to image files
-debug          : print debug message
-silent         : print debug message
-$ <string>     : input registration key
Example:
   ps2image.exe C:\input.ps C:\output.tif
   ps2image.exe -c g3 C:\input.ps C:\output.tif
   ps2image.exe -c g4 C:\input.ps C:\output.tif
   ps2image.exe -c lzw C:\input.ps C:\output.tif
   ps2image.exe -c packbit C:\input.ps C:\output.tif
   ps2image.exe C:\input.ps C:\output.jpg
   ps2image.exe C:\input.ps C:\output.bmp
   ps2image.exe C:\input.ps C:\output.pcx
   ps2image.exe C:\input.ps C:\output.png
   ps2image.exe C:\test\*.ps C:\test\*.jpg
   ps2image.exe C:\filelist.txt

E:\>E:\ps2img\ps2img.exe
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PS To Image Converter Copyright (C) 2000-2008 verypdf.com Inc
Description:
Convert PS (Postscript) and EPS to TIF, TIFF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, WMF, EMF, PCX, TGA, etc. formats
Web: http://www.verypdf.com
Web: https://www.verydoc.com
Email: support@verypdf.com
Release Date: Jun 11 2009
Usage: ps2img [options] <-i PS File> [-o Output]
-i [input PS file]   : Input PS filename
-o [output TIF file] : Output TIFF filename
-g                   : Convert to 8-bit grayscale image file, this option
                       is only available while bitcount equal 8 ( -b 8 )
-m                   : Set output to multi-page TIFF file, the
                       default is output to single page TIFF files
-r [resolution]      : Set resolution in generated image files
    -r 300           : Set horizontal and vertical resolution to 300 DPI
    -r 200x300       : Set horizontal and vertical resolution to 200x300 DPI
    -r 204x98        : Set horizontal and vertical resolution to 204x98 DPI
-f [first Page]      : First page to convert
-l [last Page]       : Last page to convert
-c [compress]        : Set compression method in generated image
                       files(for tif only)
    -c none          : Create TIFF file without compression
    -c lzw           : Compress TIFF using LZW arithmetic
    -c jpeg          : Compress TIFF using JPEG arithmetic
    -c packbits      : Compress TIFF using packbits arithmetic
    -c g3            : Compress TIFF using CCITT G3 arithmetic
    -c g4            : Compress TIFF using CCITT G4 arithmetic
    -c ClassF        : Compress TIFF into Fax compatible ClassF 204x98 format
    -c ClassF196     : Compress TIFF into Fax compatible ClassF 204x196 format
-q [quality]         : Set quality in created image files(for jpeg image only)
-t                   : Enable transparent background
-b [bit count]       : Set bit count in generated image files
-a                   : Call ghostscript to convert postscript to image files
-e                   : Append suffix to single page image file (out0001.jpg)
-#                   : Set your License Key
-?                   : Help
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Example:
    ps2img -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif
    ps2img -i C:\input.eps -o C:\output.tif
    ps2img -m -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif
    ps2img -c lzw -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif
    ps2img -q 80 -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.jpg
    ps2img -b 4 -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif
    ps2img -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif -b 1 -c ClassF -r 204x98 -m
    ps2img -f 1 -l 9 C:\input.ps -o C:\output.jpg
    ps2img -i C:\*.ps -o C:\*.pcx
    ps2img "-#" "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
    ps2img "-#" "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" -i C:\input.ps -o C:\output.tif

PostScript to Image Converter

Incorrect page size returned by Postscript to Image Converter

2013/12/05

Hello,

We are currently evaluating VeryPDF's Postscript to Image Converter ( https://www.verydoc.com/ps-to-image.html ) for use in our software.

One problem we have noticed is that large page sizes seem to get cut off under certain circumstances. See for example the attached file 00002.ps, which was created by the KONICA MINOLTA C353 Series PS printer driver. It contains two A3 pages full of text (the first red the second black). I tried to convert 00002.ps to BMPs using the following command-line syntax:

ps2img.exe -i 00002.ps -o 00002-%00d.bmp

The result is two files 00002-1.bmp and 00002-2.bmp with dimensions of 859x1111 pixels and DPI of 101, corresponding to page dimensions of 21.6x27.9 centimeters (approximately A4). Also, when I look at the BMPs the content has obviously been chopped off on the right and top sides.

As a comparison I tried to convert 00002.ps to PDF using VeryPDF's Postscript to PDF converter:

ps2pdf 00002.ps 00002.pdf

The result is a PDF with dimensions 297x420 millimeters, corresponding to the original page size A3.

Would you have any suggestions as to what we can do to get better results with VeryPDF's Postscript to Image Converter?

Many thanks,
Customer
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You can run following command line to convert your PS file to JPG file with correct width and height,

ps2image.exe D:\downloads\00002.ps D:\downloads\00002.jpg

please use ps2image.exe to instead of ps2img.exe application, ps2image.exe application will work fine to you.

VeryDOC

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