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From: andrea@sdd.hp.com (Andrea K. Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: HPGL-to-PCL conversion program for the IBM PC?
Message-ID: <1990Nov08.025036.3417@sdd.hp.com>
Date: 8 Nov 90 02:50:36 GMT
References: <18129@rouge.usl.edu>
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, San Diego Technical Graphics Division
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In article <18129@rouge.usl.edu> ldl6737@rouge.usl.edu (Lafleur L Dwynn) writes:
>Is there an IBM PC program that converts a file of HPGL commands (the graphics
>language for Hewlett-Packard plotters) to a file of PCL commands (the language
>for Hewlett-Packard Laserjet printers)?  I am surely not the first person with
>this need, so I apologize if this query has previously been answered in this
>newsgroup.

I know there are a number of more-or-less satisfactory converters
floating around, but if you want to go out and buy an off-the-shelf
one, HiJaak by Inset Systems, Inc. seems to work pretty well.


Andrea Frankel, Hewlett Packard, San Diego Technical Graphics Div., R&D Lab
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