Visual PCL/2 ™ - Windows LaserJet PCL File Viewer
Now you can quickly and easily view your
LaserJet PCL print files on-screen in Windows! Using the
power of 32 bit software Visual PCL/2 will read and display multi-page
PCL4, 5 and 5e print files on-screen
often faster than they can be printed. Zoom in and out, pan up and down,
flip from page to page. Then fax all or selected pages using standard
Windows fax printer driver software.
This new release supersedes the existing V1.1 Standard and
Professional versions of Visual PCL. Neither colour nor PCL6 (PCL-XL)
print files are supported. (Visual PCL/2 is not to be confused with
Pcl2pdf, Visual Software’s LaserJet PCL to PDF
(Portable Document Format) converter.)

New
or enhanced features include:-
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Significantly enhanced on-screen
document display
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Choice of low (200 dpi) or high (300
dpi) rendering
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Choice of document, thumbnail
or combined display
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Faster and improved LaserJet
PCL5/5e rendering including
HP-GL/2
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Drag and drop support
(Windows Explorer…)
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Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP support
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Windows compliant uninstall
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New on-screen help
documentation

Your print files can use standard
PCL forms overlay macros, called, executed or by
automatic overlay, so you can see how your production print job
will be before you tie up a printer. Save yourself time and
money by viewing on-screen before you commit to paper.
Imagine that you printed and mailed a 100 page invoice run to your
customers. Then one comes back to you and requests a single copy
invoice. Before you would either have had to reprint that single page or
go to the filing cabinet and find the paper copy invoice. Now you can
load up the original print file, find the 33rd page (for example) and
directly print or fax a copy to the customer. Quick, easy and accurate!
When used with Forms Electric
Visual PCL/2 is the ideal solution for creating and testing
Hewlett-Packard (PCL) forms overlay macros.
Visual PCL/2:-
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32 bit PCL5e rendering software, use with Windows 98, ME, NT
4.0, 2000 and XP
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Save time and money by viewing prints on-screen before
committing to paper
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Create PCL macros with Forms Electric, test with Visual PCL/2
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Uses the same Intellifont font scaling technology built into
LaserJet printers
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Includes true LaserJet 4/5 font outlines
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Reads 300 and 600 dpi multi-page print files
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Renders at low 200 dpi and high 300 dpi
resolutions
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Includes HP-GL/2 vector
graphics support
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Includes support for downloadable scalable
TrueType fonts
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Visual PCL/2 uses PCL Imaging technology licensed from
Tech Know Systems Ltd.,
Whitefish, MT, U.S.A. |
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v2.1
update available providing Windows XP support, copy page to
Windows Clipboard option and command line viewing and printing
facilities (for command line conversion see
Pcl2pdf and
JetPCL instead)
Single
PC licence price reduced to just US $55.00 dollars for a limited time
only! Ask about volume discounts

Download your Visual PCL/2 v2.1 evaluation here!
This download provides you with an evaluation version of Visual
PCL/2. This evaluation is the same
as the full product except for:-
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Print Image… is
disabled
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Save As BMP… is
disabled
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Only displays the first 5
or so pages of any PCL document
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Evaluation messages
are displayed
To install the Visual PCL/2 v2.1
Evaluation you can now download the installation
program
VisualPCL21EvalSetup.exe (4877Kb)
Right click on this link and choose
Save Target As...
or Copy To Folder...
We recommend that you save this file in a temporary
directory on your PC and then run it using Windows Explorer to
start the installation process. This will set up the evaluation
software and documentation on your computer.
You
can read the Visual PCL/2
on-line help here. This uses the
Microsoft HTML help system which is normally installed by default on
recent Windows systems. If you find you need additional system DLLs or
components please contact us.

Visual PCL/2 uses the same
Intellifont font scaling technology built into the
LaserJet printers themselves to render fonts precisely. Included
with Visual PCL/2 are 45 genuine LaserJet scalable typefaces. No
font substitution is required and your pages will view as they
print. Full support for 300 and 600 dpi print jobs, mixed
portrait and landscape orientations, paper sizes up to Legal
8.5x14".

How do I save multiple pages to disk as raster images using
Visual PCL/2?
Visual PCL/2 will only let you save the currently viewed page to
disk as a raster image file in Windows BMP
format. If you want to convert a whole multi-page PCL print to a
multi-page TIF image (or multiple
single page TIF images) then use the JetPCL
product instead.
Command line invoking of Visual PCL/2
Visual PCL/2 is intended to be an easy to use, low cost, end-user
Windows GUI interactive application. You can invoke Visual PCL/2 with a
print filename from the "DOS" command prompt and get as far as the Print
dialog. Please see the on-line program help for further, detailed
information on this section Printing a PCL
print file sub-section
To print a LaserJet PCL print file without
displaying it.
The Visual PCL/2 Print dialog will always be displayed however and
you cannot suppress it. This is by design and required due to 3rd party
licensing terms. Do remember that Visual PCL/2 is intended to be an easy
to use end-user print file viewer.
Warning message "An outgoing call cannot be made since the
application is dispatching an input-synchronous call"
This warning message may appear occasionally. If you see this try
configuring Visual PCL/2 to open documents
without the thumbnail view initially displayed. All should
then proceed correctly. Failing this try installing and running Visual
PCL/2 on another PC to see if the message also appears.
A search on the
Microsoft site for input-synchronous
locates a few results including
PRB: Automation Error (-2147417843) When You Use the Taskbar
Notification Area
though this doesn't seem obviously related. Check if you are running any
speech or MS Agent-enabled applications.
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